Sustainable real estate development

According to Standing Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem, Ho Chi Minh City has a wide range of cultural heritages and is looking to outline a rational master plan to protect their value during local socio-economic development. At the workshop “Heritage Preservation & Economic Development” He spoke highly of the workshop, saying it offered opportunities for experts and businesses to exchange experience and discuss measures to raise public awareness of the potential of cultural heritage preservation. Besides, it is expected to help companies operating in tourism, real estate and culture to seek long-term cooperation in the city. Italian General Consul Dante Brandi, for his part, laid stress on the significance of heritage preservation during the economic development process, especially as Ho Chi Minh City is targeting to become a smart urban area in 2025. Together with the city’s interest and local firms’ … [Read more...] about Workshop seeks to preserve cultural heritages during development

Editor’s note: Aban Marker Kabraji is regional director of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Asia and director of the IUCN Regional Hub for Asia - Oceania.  Known for its beautiful beaches and coral reefs, Trat Province, on the eastern coast of Thailand, is struggling with a very real problem. Like other coastal areas in the country, the province is being polluted by the daily dumping of waste into the ocean. While there is no shortage of environmental management efforts in Trat, dealing with waste, particularly plastic pollution, remains a big struggle. For long-time village chief Natsini Intaraprasert of the Mairood sub-district, home to one of the province’s giant landfills, waste is the “most challenging problem to manage.” Trat’s waste and plastic woes are not unique, with plastic pollution topping the list of problems affecting the world’s oceans. Every year, the world produces over 300 million tons of plastic, half … [Read more...] about ​Solving the plastics crisis in Vietnam, Asia

“This institute is my long-nurtured dream. In the short term, Media Pool Company and I, alongside other partners, will build a strong sporty environment for trainees aged between 6-15 years old,” said Le Cong Vinh, former captain of Vietnam senior football team and founder of the CV9 Academy. “I want to open the CV9 Academy to help juniors develop physical strength, as well as a spirit of unity, to help each other in sport. The institute is also a place for juniors to develop their passion of football,” said Vinh. Vinh invited former Australian national footballer Marshall Soper to be a technical consultant for his academy. The Institute also invited foreign and domestic coaches to train, including female footballer Nguyen Thi Kim Hong of Vietnam women’s football team. Vinh is acting chairman of the V.League 1 side HCM City FC. He was part of the Vietnamese national team from 2004 to 2016. He is widely … [Read more...] about CV9 Academy opens in HCM City

The tour aimed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the foundation day of the Vietnam People’s Army and the 30th anniversary of the whole people’s defense festive day. The mission offered incense to the Eldest Brother of the Vietnam People’s Army General Vo Nguyen Giap and fallen soldiers of the Vietnam Armed Propaganda and Liberation Team (the predecessor of the Vietnam People's Army) at the Special National Relic Site of Tran Hung Dao Forest.  They also attended a ceremony to inaugurate the Ministry of National Defense-invested project on upgrading the Special National Relic Site of Tran Hung Dao Forest. Over the past 75 years, this historical location, where the Vietnam Armed Propaganda and Liberation Team was founded with 34 members, has been carefully preserved by the Cao Bang people. The relic site has contributed to educating patriotic and revolutionary tradition for young generations. During the tour to the revolutionary land, the mission also … [Read more...] about CMC and MND mission takes the “Returning to the Roots” tour to Cao Bang

At the conference Delegates evaluated that in 2019, under the leadership of the Border Guard Party Committee and Command, border guard units fulfilled all border area-related missions. Accordingly, they closely followed situational developments to make timely recommendations for the Party, the State, the Central Military Commission, and the Ministry of National Defense to issue guidelines and policies to effectively deal with incidents in border areas.  Border guard units were also active in fighting crime, smuggling, and trade fraud while paying attention to carrying out combat readiness, natural disaster relief, search and rescue missions and building the whole people’s defense and firm border areas. Delegates also highlighted the force’s results in training and regulation building as well as achievements in Party building. In complicated situations the border troops have always showed their absolute trust in the leadership of the Party and their determination … [Read more...] about Border guard units to safely protect sovereignty and security in border areas