Quang Ninh (VNA) - The water environment in the world-renowned Ha Long Bay has been under tremendous pressure from the growing socio-economic activities in the area. Recognised twice by the UNESCO as a global heritage, Ha Long Bay remains one of the country’s top attractions – drawing in 9.87 million tourists last year, of which, 4.28 million are foreign tourists, bringing in 797 million USD in revenues, up 30 percent against 2016. Everyone it seems wants a slice of the pie with a boom in accommodation – 12,000 rooms, 80 hotels, and 512 cruises (including overnight ones). Pham Dinh Huynh, deputy head of the bay’s management board, said the international recognition of the Bay has been a boom to the province’s development but also causes a lot of troubles for the authorities. Ha Long Bay is not just a purely tourist site. Several vital socio-economic activities make use of the bay – marine transport route cuts through the bay to move goods … [Read more...] about Ha Long Bay’s water under threats
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HCM City targets treating 90 percent of discharged water
HCM City (VNS/VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City has set a target of treating 90 percent of discharged water into rivers and canals by 2020. The city’s total daily wastewater, including wastewater from industrial parks as well as in residents, amounts to 1,750,000 cubic metres. HCM City now can treat 420,000 cubic metres of wastewater per day, accounting for 24 percent of the city’s daily wastewater. To meet this target, city authorities said they would set up 24 automatic water quality monitoring systems along the Sai Gon – Dong Nai River. Most of the water in rivers and canals met city norms, expect the amount of dissolved oxygen and coliform, according to the water quality report in the first quarter. Factories and industrial parks which discharge over 1,000 cubic metres of wastewater a day must set up automatic measuring stations directly linked to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment. The city plans to continue monitoring all wastewater treatment … [Read more...] about HCM City targets treating 90 percent of discharged water
Medical masks from Vietnamese NA presented to IPU Secretariat
Geneva (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai on July 9 met with Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Martin Chungong and handed over medical masks which are a gift from the country’s National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan for the IPU Secretariat. During the meeting at the IPU headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland), Ambassador Mai, who is head of Vietnam’s permanent mission to the UN, the World Trade Organisation and other international organisations there, affirmed that the Vietnamese NA attaches importance to the IPU’s role and activities in promoting parliamentary diplomacy. It also highly values the Secretary General’s contributions to the IPU, especially the IPU Secretariat’s activities to support the implementation of the union’s strategies and programmes and enhance the IPU-UN cooperation and partnership, thereby helping to promoting parliaments and parliamentarians’ role and voice in … [Read more...] about Medical masks from Vietnamese NA presented to IPU Secretariat
CAA ranks local airlines’ punctuality in H1
The Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam (CAA) released a report on the operation of flights on time (OTP) as well as delayed and cancelled flights across Viet Nam in the first half of the year. … [Read more...] about CAA ranks local airlines’ punctuality in H1
Vietnam, US making strides forward in economic, trade relations
Washington D.C. (VNA) - The past 25 years have witnessed strides made in economic and trade cooperation between Vietnam and the US, contributing remarkably to bolstering bilateral relations, Minister Counsellor in charge of trade affairs Bui Huy Son has said. Their economic relations have expanded in scale since the two established diplomatic ties, he told Vietnam News Agency correspondents in the US. Economic and trade cooperation has made important contributions to and remains one of the important pillars of Vietnam-US relations. According to US figures, two-way trade saw a 333-fold increase in the 25-year period, rising from 233.4 million USD in 1994 to 77.5 billion USD in 2019. Cooperation has also seen positive changes in quality, he added, as the structure of Vietnam’s exports to the US has been diversified, with the presence of industrial and processing products such as electronic components, iron and steel, rubber, and home furniture. Vietnam has primarily focused on … [Read more...] about Vietnam, US making strides forward in economic, trade relations
