Society

Vietnam is ranked 16th out of the 25 countries with the richest biodiversity in the world, as more than 11,000 species have been discovered in the country.

The national COVID-19 caseload rose to 11,524,202 with 109 new cases recorded on December 24, according to the Ministry of Health.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Lang Sen Wetland Reserve in Long An held a workshop on December 22 to introduce a project on special-use forest plantation in the reserve.

The US Mission to Vietnam announced a new contract worth approximately 29 million USD to clean up dioxin contamination at Bien Hoa air base in the southern province of Dong Nai.

The Ministry of Public Security on December 19 held a press conference to brief the media on its works this year, including information on a series of major cases in the public eye.

Helping workers in disadvantaged circumstances to have a warm and sufficient Lunar New Year holiday (Tet), Vietnam’s biggest traditional festival, is a key task for trade unions at all levels.

The Politburo’s Resolution No.6 dated January 24 2022 on the sustainable urban planning management and development is expected to create breakthroughs for the work.

Vietnam is a leading country in biodiversity preservation in Asia-Pacific, Director General of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International Marco Lambertini has said.

On December 15, Phu My Vinh Construction and Investment Joint Stock Company (Phu My Vinh Company) held the inauguration ceremony of Hoa Khanh Tay Water Supply Plant, phase 2, increasing the capacity to 80,000m3/day.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia held a ceremony on December 8 to mark the 50th anniversary of the “Dien Bien Phu in the air” victory.

A Philippine sailor who was seriously injured while working on a Panama cargo ship was brought ashore for treatment at a hospital in Nha Trang city in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on December 6.

Heavy downpours and floods in the central region in the past few days claimed the lives of five people as of 5pm on December 6.