- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 16 urged the plan on building atleast 1 million social housing units for low-income earners and industrialworkers in the 2021 - 2030 period to be implemented quickly and effectively.
Chairing a national hybrid conference on the issue, he emphasised that housingis one of the three pillars of social security, and that Vietnam does notpursue pure economic growth at the expense of social equality, security or theenvironment.
- The People’s Committee of Quang Nam held a conference on March 16 to announcethis central province’s master plan for the 2021 -2030 period with a vision to2050, and launch the National Biodiversity Restoration Year 2024.
Addressing the event, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang stressed that themaster plan of Quang Nam, approved by the Prime Minister in January, shows areformed mindset and a new viewpoint, targets, and vision matching the nationaldevelopment orientation and the development targets for the north and coastalcentral region. It prioritises promoting a green economy and economicrestructuring in tandem with growth model reform to secure comprehensive andsustainable development.
- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said that the newly approved master planfor the northwestern province of Dien Bien will create a solid foundation forits development while he handed over the approval decision to local authoritiesat a ceremony on March 17.
Ha asked the local authorities to prioritise resources to invest ininfrastructure projects for regional and global connection, creating aconnection axis between Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries and China.
- A legal and technical writeshop was held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairsand the Vanuatuan Government in Ha Long city, the northern province of QuangNinh, on March 16 - 17 to look into the proceedings of the International Courtof Justice (ICJ)’s advisory opinion on climate change.
The event, gathering ASEAN and other Asian member states of the ClimateVulnerable Forum, aimed to provide an overview of the proceedings of the ICJ’sadvisory opinion on climate change on the basis of the UN General Assembly’sResolution 77/276, adopted on March 29, 2023, which requested the ICJ providean advisory opinion on the obligations of states in respect of climate change.
- Policy-makers and scholars gathered in Dien Bien province on March 17 todiscuss measures to optimise the potential and advantages of the northwesternlocality in boosting sustainable tourism development.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha highlighted Dien Bien's advantages innatural landscapes and the cultural values of 19 ethnic minority groups, andunderlined the need for the province to make full use of its potential tocreate unique tourism products, and to call for investment and design culturalplanning.
- Among the over 33,000ha of drought-hit forest in the southernmost province ofCa Mau, more than 13,530ha has fire potential rated as “dangerous” (Level 4)and nearly 4,000ha “extremely dangerous” (Level 5), local authorities said.
The forest protection sub-department under the provincial Department ofAgriculture and Rural Development said on March 15 that most the drought-hitforests are located in the areas of the U Minh Ha forestry company, the U MinhHa National Park, the forest protection unit of Hon Khoai Island, and U Minh andTran Van Thoi districts.
- The international watercolour painting exhibition “Colours of Cultures” – thelargest of its kind in Vietnam so far - opened at Van Mieu (Temple ofLiterature) in Hanoi on March 16.
The event is an initiative of VietnamInAcquarello, a branch of theInternational Watercolour Museum – the world’s largest community of watercolourpainters – based in Italy.
- Nearly 1,500 people took part in a running event to support the Earth Hour2024 Campaign on March 16 in Hanoi.
Within the framework of the national programme on economical and efficient useof energy in the period 2019-2030, the Ministry of Industry and Trade launchedan event for all people to save electricity, Earth Hour 2024. ./.
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