Central region hopes for economic recovery after devastating 2020 After a decade of stable growth, the central region's tourism and services triangle of Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, Đà Nẵng City and Quảng Nam Province faced poor growth in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Central province promotes Sông Thanh National Park The central province has promoted the Sông Thanh Nature Reserve as a National Park for the conservation of its rich biodiversity covering nearly 77,000 hectares, of which more than 58,000 was tropical, evergreen primary forest in districts of Nam Giang and Phước Sơn.

HCM City to move ports out to ease congestion on roads HCM City will continue to move its ports to its outskirts to ease congestion on roads outside them and build new ones under a national port master plan for 2020-30.

Central city to lure Japanese tourists after COVID-19 At least 70 per cent of tourism businesses in Đà Nẵng have resumed operations after two waves of COVID-19, and all were committed to health and safety conditions.

Wild bird hunting and poaching rampant on Cát Bà Island Local people have long been reportedly involved in illegal wild bird hunting and poaching in Cát Bà Island of the northern city of Hải Phòng and local authorities have failed to curb the problem for decades.

Endangered migratory bird species found in Đà Nẵng Endangered species of migratory birds have been regularly recorded on beaches, river banks and vacant land plots in Đà Nẵng between 2018 and 2020.

Chàm Islands take action on plastic waste

The ancient town of Hội An, in co-operation with UNESCO, has launched the 2020 Plastic Action Day, boosting drastic activities in protecting the ocean and saying ‘No’ to single-use plastic products.

Central localities on joint tourism drive

Thừa Thiên-Huế, Quảng Nam and Đà Nẵng have agreed to develop a joint tourism promotion programme to boost travel demand to the central region.

HCM City speeds up projects to improve quality of life for urbanites

HCM City is speeding up urban projects in the suburbs and inter-regional areas, including major roads, in an aim to improve the quality of life for its citizens.

Việt Nam promotes conservation and protection of wetlands

The establishment of two new wetland protected areas (WPAs) – Thái Thụy WPA in the northern Thái Bình Province and Tam Giang-Cầu Hai WPA in the central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, were seen as positive major outcomes of the ‘Conservation of Critical Wetland Protected Areas and Linked Landscapes’ project in 2015-20.