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Binh Dinh: nearly 4,200 hectares of forests certificated by FSC
This is the first State-owned enterprise in Binh Dinh province to win the FSC certificate for plantation forest. Chairman of Quy Nhon Forestry Co., Ltd Tran Nguyen Tu said that the FSC forest certification will help raise the economic value of products from forest of the company. In the coming time, the company will invest in developing a processing plant to complete a complete chain of forestry development, including high quality saplings production, afforestation, sustainable forest management and wood processing. Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Tuan Thanh said that the FSC certification is a great encouragement, recognizing efforts of the firm in sustainable and responsible forest management and development. This is also a model that other units and organizations in the locality should follow, towards improving the value of forests and the quality of the environment, he stressed. Implementing the sustainable forest management program under the … [Read more...] about Binh Dinh: nearly 4,200 hectares of forests certificated by FSC
PV Gas donates to Defense Ministry’s “Gratitude Fund”
Over the past 30 years, PV Gas has cooperated with other units to build 230 schools, 90 hospitals and medical facilities, and 1,500 houses. The unit has actively joined natural disaster mitigation activities, presented savings books to families of wounded and fallen soldiers and heroic Vietnamese mothers, assisted troops and people in border areas and on islands, and provided donations to support AO/dioxin victims. … [Read more...] about PV Gas donates to Defense Ministry’s “Gratitude Fund”
HCMC gives USD 775,243 to poor families in 35 cities, provinces on Tet occasion
On the same day, the delegation visited and gifted residents in Duc Pho District in the Central province of Quang Ngai. On behalf of residents in HCMC, Ms. Thang gave VND1 billion for gifts for poor households in Quang Ngai. The delegators also gave cash of VND 2 million and gift worth VND 500,000 to Heroic Vietnamese Mother To Thi Trinh in Duc Pho Town. Additionally, 50 families which benefit the national social welfare policies, households whose economic condition at poverty line in Duc Pho Town each were given an amount of VND 700,000 and a gift worth VND 300,000. … [Read more...] about HCMC gives USD 775,243 to poor families in 35 cities, provinces on Tet occasion
Vietnamese premier, Chancellor Merkel honored as world leaders for peace, development
Based in Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Global Forum was founded in 2012 to bring together thought leaders and experts from around the globe to participate in open public forums to discuss and illuminate the most critical issues affecting the world at large, it said on its website. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese premier, Chancellor Merkel honored as world leaders for peace, development