Drawing topographic maps

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam records from 10-15 flash floods each year, mostly in the northern mountainous, central, Central Highlands and southeastern regions, Deputy Director of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Vu Duc Long said on January 15. He informed that the country is building a project to assess disaster risks in regions and make a flash flood and landslide warning map in the mountainous and midland regions. Accordingly, the project will be carried out in 37 mountainous provinces and 34 main river basins and 95 sub-basins. It will offer flash flood risk maps for 14 northern mountainous provinces at the 1:100,000 scale and 19 central and Central Highlands localities at the 1:50,000 scale, while providing data of cross-section measurements in 36 small river basins in the northern mountainous region and topographic maps at the 1: 5,000 scale for 58 residential areas at risk of flash floods in 19 central and Central Highlands localities./. … [Read more...] about Vietnam witnesses 10-15 flash floods each year

Students who are following foreign programs in the above four schools will continue to study this program until the end of their school level. Starting from 2021-2022 school year, first graders , sixth graders, tenth graders in four schools above will not learn the foreign program any more. … [Read more...] about International schools stop teaching foreign program as per set road map

Lâm Cần Nguyên from Vị Thanh City of Hậu Giang Province worked with Hải Sơn Seedling Company in Bến Tre Province to set up a grapefruit farm called Ruby in Vĩnh Hoà Hưng Nam Commune, Gò Quao District of Kiên Giang Province. … [Read more...] about Farmer fixes salty soil to plant fruit for export

In accordance with the Government’s Resolution 194 on supporting Vietnam Airlines to overcome difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the national flag carrier will issue shares to its existing stakeholders to raise its charter capital. SCIC would represent the Government, which owns 86% of the national flag carrier, to buy the shares. … [Read more...] about SCIC to invest VND8 trillion in Vietnam Airlines

“Our rhino horn reduction commercial will run consecutively for a six-month period starting January 2021,” said HSI Vietnam country director Tham Hong Phuong. “By reaching the targeted demographic of mostly affluent air travellers with our tailored campaign messages, we expect to achieve demand-reduction results. We strongly believe that reducing rhino horn demand will reduce the number of rhinos poached in Africa.” … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 16