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A corner of the U Minh Thuong National Park (Photo: VNA) Kien Giang (VNA) - The U Minh Thuong National Park in the Mekong Delta ’s Kien Giang province has built a digital map on areas at high risk of forest fires in an attempt to prevent and tackle such disasters during the 2020-2021 dry season, Deputy Director of the park Tran Van Thang has said. The park has also devised measures to fight forest fires and deploy personnel along with vehicles in wildfire suppression efforts, so as to minimise losses as concerns rise about widespread and prolonged heat and drought. It has taken the initiative in water storage for firefighting and the development of cajuput forests, as well as strengthened six sluices and built two dykes. Seven reservoirs have been dredged and consolidated. Four teams with up to 10 members each have been assigned to keep watch around the clock in areas spanning 1,115 ha at high risk of forest fires , while communications on forest protection and … [Read more...] about National park in Kien Giang builds digital map for fighting forest fires

The Hanoitimes - Vietnam has stepped up testing under the instructions of the Ministry of Health, including rapid tests and PCR tests. Vietnam’s Covid-19 testing capacity has much improved in terms of both test kit production and machinery, local media quoted Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam as saying. Speaking at a meeting of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control on August 9, Mr. Dam said Vietnam has stepped up testing under the instructions of the Ministry of Health, including rapid tests and PCR tests. However, it is hard to conduct Covid-19 tests for the entire population, even the population in a province in a short time, the deputy PM stressed, adding that the most effective solution to the pandemic still lies in early detection, fast contact tracing and pool testing. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at the meeting. Photo: VGP According to the deputy PM, locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases have resurfaced in … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s Covid-19 testing capacity improves: DPM

The report of the 12th Party Central Committee on documents submitted to the 13th Party Congress presented by Party Secretary General and State President Nguyen Phu Trong outlined strategic development issues of the country over the coming years. At the opening ceremony of the 13th Party Congress, Mr. Trong presented the report of 12th Party Central Committee on documents submitted to the 13th Party Congress, which emphasized the goals: improving leadership, ruling capacity and fighting strength of the Party; building a clean, strong, Party and political system; strengthening people's trust in the Party, State, and socialist regime; arousing aspirations for developing a prosperous and happy country, promoting the will and strength of great national solidarity combined with the power of the times; promoting comprehensively and synchronously the cause of innovation, industrialization and modernization; building and firmly defending the Fatherland, maintaining a peaceful and stable … [Read more...] about ‘Taking people as the roots’ and the desire for development

Major General Nguyen Anh Tuan, Political Chief of the Border Guard Command; Major General Trinh Hoang Hiep, Director of the Border Guard Academy; Senior Colonel Nguyen Thai Sinh, Political Commissar of the academy; and other high-ranking officers attended the event. Speaking at the launching ceremony, Senior Colonel Sinh said that the academy has set a goal to plant 10,000 green trees in 2021. The program is a meaningful activity in response  to the tree-planting festival across the country and the government’s program of planting one billion trees, as well as to build a green, clean, and attractive school. In addition, General Sinh also asked the academy to promote information dissemination among its teachers and cadets about the importance of tree-planting and encourage them to plant more trees to beautify their barracks. Addressing the ceremony, General Tuan said that over the past years, under the direction of the Border Guard Command, the Politics Department of the command … [Read more...] about Border Guard Academy responds to the tree-planting festival

Vietnam is currently going through a growth spurt while entering an era with more modern and people-centred considerations rising in prevalence. What role does “soft power” play in GDP growth as well as regional and global success? Vu Ba Phu, director general of the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade Vietnam’s soft power stems from not only the promotion of its own values such as the heroic history, rich culture and traditions, and pacifist foreign policy but also the development and optimisation of a range of new positions and advantages. Amid the difficulties of 2020, the successful dispensing of its dual role as both ASEAN chair and non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council is testament to the successful application of soft power in Vietnam’s foreign policy. In 2020, the world lauded Vietnam’s rapid response and contributions to regional and international affairs thanks to its ability to grasp opportunities, … [Read more...] about A hard commitment to soft power