Of the beneficiaries, 98 percent are of minority ethnic groups in 45 villages in seven communes of the districts of Muong Khuong, Bao Thang, Bao Ha, Si Ma Cai, Sa Pa, Bat Xat, Van Ban and Bao Yen.

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This was reported by Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development To Manh Tien during a conference reviewing the outcomes of the programme in Lao Cai on January 11.

Over the past five years, product value of Bao Yen forestry company in Bao Yen district has increased by 10-15 percent thanks to the UN-REDD’s support in Forest Stewardship Council certification.

Bao Ha persimmon output in Bao Yen district also rose by 10-15 percent each year thanks to technical support in orchard upgrade and food safety and hygiene certification.

Together with Bac Can, Ha Tinh, Binh Thuan, Lam Dong and Ca Mau, Lao Cai has created jobs and raised the income of hundreds of local households, as well as reduced the risk of forest loss and degradation via the pilot programme.

Firms were connected together in providing technical instruction on growing and marketing medicinal herbs for local residents, thus helping meet the goal of biodiversity preservation via livelihood development.

Nearly 200ha of forests were grown along the Lao Cai – Hanoi highway in Bao Yen and Van Ban districts.

Many households in Bao Yen district’s Bao Ha, Cam Con and Kim Son communes, and Van Ban district’s Tan An and Tan Thuong communes were encouraged to plant 1,800ha of the forest.

Besides, another 360ha of protective forests were planted in Bac Ha, Si Ma Cai, Bao Thang and Sa Pa districts.

Funded by the UN Environment Programme, the UN Development Programme and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, the programme also contributed to the forestry restructuring scheme and the annual forest development plan of the locality.

Vietnam spells out ambitious goal to improve business environment

Vietnam wants to climb 5-7 places in the World Bank’s ease of doing business rankings and reach the top four in Southeast Asia.

 

WB-funded project helps improve environment in Vietnam’s coastal cities

The World Bank (WB), the Ministry of Planning and Investment, and the People’s Committee of Quang Binh province organized a conference in Dong Hoi city on November 30 to review preparations for the implementation of the Vietnam Coastal Cities Sustainable Environment Project

 

Provincial Party Secretary Bui Van Hai urges to accelerate construction progress of waste treatment plant to ensure the environmental sanitation

(BGO) – 18th People’s Council deputy delegation in the northern province of Bac Giang on November 14 met with constituents in 8 wards and communes of Le Loi, Tran Phu, Ngo Quyen, Tran Nguyen Han, Hoang Van Thu, My Do, Da Mai and Song Mai in Bac Giang city to prepare for the six meeting of the provincial People’s Council (18th tenure).

 

Exhibition highlights AO impacts on environment, human health

More than 200 photos and objects featuring impacts of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin on the environment as well as human health are on display at an exhibition that kicked off in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on October 25.

 

UNESCO launches environment project in Hanoi

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and development partners launched the project “For a World Without Waste” in Hanoi on October 17. 

 

Source: VNA