A golden opportunity for tourism

The visa extension proposal is anticipated to be a significant opportunity for promoting tourism. If approved, e-visa holders will be allowed to stay longer in the country which might help attract foreign tourists to Việt Nam amid fierce competition from neighbouring countries.

European Commission to send IUU fishing inspection team to Việt Nam in October

An inspection team from the European Commission (EC) will visit Việt Nam to examine the country’s efforts on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing prevention and control in October instead of May as it announced earlier, Trần Đình Luân, Director of the Directorate of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) said.

Việt Nam has potential to become regional vaccine production centre

The workshop, jointly held by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Health Strategy and Policy Institute (HSPI) and the Ministry of Health, aimed to disseminate results on vaccine studies and Việt Nam's participation in the World Health Organisation's (WHO) mRNA technology transfer programme.

Phase 2 of TB control programme along Việt Nam-Cambodia border begins

The International Organization for Migration has launched the second phase of its “Cross-border Tuberculosis control along the Việt Nam and Cambodia border” project in partnership with Việt Nam’s National Tuberculosis Control Programme and National Lung Hospital and Cambodia’s National Centre for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control.

International Day for Biodiversity: conservation for sustainable development

To call on countries to quickly turn commitments into actions to prevent and reverse biodiversity decline towards building a future of living in harmony with nature by 2050, the International Day for Biodiversity May 22 this year was launched by the United Nations (UN) with the theme "From Agreement to Action: Biodiversity Restoration".

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