Coastal zoning

Hoa Phat  Dung Quat Steel JSC of Hoa Phat Group is coordinating with Italian group to produce stainless steel (Illustrative image. Source VNA) Quang Ngai (VNA) - Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel JSC of Hoa Phat Group is coordinating with Italy’s Danieli – one of the world’s largest suppliers of metallurgical equipment to consider a project on stainless steel (inox) production. According to Deputy Director of the Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel JSC Vuong Ngoc Linh, the project is designed with a capacity of 600,000 tonnes per year, which could be increased to one million tonnes per annum, and will be the first modern stainless steel manufacturing plant in Vietnam. The plant will be located at the Hoa Phat Dung Quat iron and steel production complex area in Dung Quat Economic Zone in central Quang Ngai province to make use of the available infrastructure. The project, which will be completed by 2020, aims to increase the value chain of steel products, and reduce … [Read more...] about Hoa Phat partners with Italian group to produce stainless steel

(Photo: www.qdnd.vn)   Khanh Hoa (VNA) – Maritime search and rescue support vessel of the Russian Navy Igor Belousov is docking at the Cam Ranh international port in the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa from December 2-9. The visit is part of activities in the Vietnam-Russia defence cooperation plan in 2019. While in Vietnam, the Russian vessel will take part in a joint drill on search and rescue activities for submarines in distress, with the participation of the Vietnam People’s Navy and the Russian Navy. The visit aims to carry out agreements between leaders of the two defence ministries on the occasion of the 2019-2020 Vietnam-Russia Friendship Year, strengthening the traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership between the countries in general and the bilateral defence cooperation in particular, including naval cooperation.  During their stay, the crewmembers called at historical and cultural sites in Khanh Hoa’s Nha … [Read more...] about Russian search and rescue support vessel visits Vietnam

    Visitors check information on products at the fair. — VNS Photo HÀ NỘI – Nearly 80 specialties from the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai are being displayed at the Lào Cai agricultural and OCOP products exhibition which began on Friday at the Big C Thăng Long supermarket in Hà Nội. The three-day event is part of efforts made by the province and Big C, Central Group Vietnam, to introduce safe and high-quality products from other regions to the capital city’s citizens, as well as helping promote “One Community One Product” (OCOP) programme and grow local businesses and farmers. On display are 45 OCOP products certified with three to five stars such as Séng Cù rice, Thẩm Dương glutinous rice, sausages, dried pork, smoked buffalo meat, cabbages, chayote, kohlrabi, mushrooms, Mường Khương chili sauce, dried bamboo shoots, medicinal herbs, tea, wine, … [Read more...] about Capital gets to taste Lào Cai Province’s local specialties

Visitors check information on products at the fair. — VNS Photo Nearly 80 specialties from the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai are being displayed at the Lao Cai agricultural and OCOP products exhibition which began on Friday at the Big C Thang Long supermarket in Ha Noi. The three-day event is part of efforts made by the province and Big C, Central Group Vietnam, to introduce safe and high-quality products from other regions to the capital city’s citizens, as well as helping promote “One Community One Product” (OCOP) programme and grow local businesses and farmers. On display are 45 OCOP products certified with three to five stars such as Seng Cu rice, Tham Duong glutinous rice, sausages, dried pork, smoked buffalo meat, cabbages, chayote, kohlrabi, mushrooms, Muong Khuong chili sauce, dried bamboo shoots, medicinal herbs, tea, wine, vermicelli and smoke salmon. According to Nguyen Xuan Nhan, deputy director of the province’s Department of … [Read more...] about Capital gets to taste Lao Cai Province’s local specialties

  Mangrove forests in Sóc Trăng Province’s Trần Đề District. — VNA/VNS Photo Trung Hiếu SÓC TRĂNG — The co-management model for mangrove forest protection in Sóc Trăng Province has improved livelihoods in local communities and efficiently protects forests. Located south of the Hậu River, the southern-most tributary of the Mekong River, Sóc Trăng has faced the impacts of climate change, including coastal erosion. Human activities like overexploitation of aquatic resources in mangrove forests have caused the degradation of those forests which act as shields preventing erosion of coasts. To grow mangrove forests, the province launched the co-management model in Âu Thọ B Hamlet in Vĩnh Châu Town’s Vĩnh Hải Commune in 2007. Under it, local people together with authorities protect the forests and exploit aquatic resources and wood. Thạch Soal, … [Read more...] about Sóc Trăng forest co-management model helps protect mangroves, improve locals’ incomes