“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
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Top leader holds phone talks with new Secretary General of Lao People’s Revolutionary Party
HÀ NỘI — Party General Secretary and State President Nguyễn Phú Trọng held phone talks with the newly-elected General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee Thongloun Sisoulith on January 16. … [Read more...] about Top leader holds phone talks with new Secretary General of Lao People’s Revolutionary Party
Cambodia supports border provinces’ quarantine of migrant workers
Phnom Penh (VNA) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has decided to allocate an additional 800 million riel (196,000 USD) and 200 million riel to Oddar Meanchey and Battambang provinces, respectively, to prepare, supply and maintain quarantine accommodations for Cambodian workers returning from Thailand. As of January 13 evening, there had been 2,235 migrant workers under quarantine in Oddar Meanchey and over 300 workers had completed their quarantine period. Meanwhile, as of January 14, more than 3,000 migrant workers had returned from Thailand via the international checkpoints of Banteay Meanchey province and nearly 1,000 had completed their quarantine. Ministry of Interior Secretary of State Chou Bun Eng said on January 12 that more than 130,000 migrant workers had left Thailand for Cambodia but Cambodian authorities believe they have successfully stopped almost all of them and required them to do quarantine for 14 days. In recent days, the Cambodian Health Ministry confirmed … [Read more...] about Cambodia supports border provinces’ quarantine of migrant workers
Vietnam witnesses 10-15 flash floods each year
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
‘Lair’ of Vietnam’s ‘King Cobra’ fighter jets – P1: A country prepared
“To bring out our best for today’s drill, instructing and trainee pilots yesterday had thorough exchanges, including backup plans. It’s hard to pass on such knowledge during flight, as there are situations that only last a few minutes or even seconds,” Lieutenant Colonel Ngo Quoc Tien explained as he prepared for the second wave of airborne operations. … [Read more...] about ‘Lair’ of Vietnam’s ‘King Cobra’ fighter jets – P1: A country prepared
