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Education for Nature, Vietnam (ENV), has urged heavy sanctions on leaders of wildlife trafficking rings dealing in elephant tusks. From 2010 to 2018, ENV found 150 cases with violations related to elephant tusks, in which the amount of elephant tusks seized by agencies was up to 53 tons. Of these, 30 cases were discovered when ivory was carried to seaports and border gates. In ‘hot spots’ such as Nhi Khe, ivory is no longer traded in the open air, but this doesn’t mean the trafficking has cooled. The police and agencies seized a large amount of ivory last year. More seriously, traffickers now can advertise and sell ivory on line, via social networks, which makes it more difficult to discover trafficking rings. In ‘hot spots’ such as Nhi Khe, ivory is no longer traded in the open air, but this doesn’t mean the trafficking has cooled. The police and agencies seized a large amount of ivory last year. Bui Thi Ha from ENV said Vietnam is not … [Read more...] about Vietnam struggles to crack down elephant ivory trafficking

Computer students will be able to test their skills at the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) World Championship-Vietnam 2020 competition. The Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) World Championship-Vietnam 2020 competition was launched at a ceremony held on Tuesday in Hanoi. — Photo petrotimes.vn The contest is for university and high school students and was launched on Tuesday at the Hanoi Foreign Trade University. At the launching ceremony, co-head of the MOS World Championship-Vietnam's organising committee, Doan Hong Nam said the contestants will test their skills in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Powerpoint using the 2016 versions. Each exam will have one first prize, three second prizes, six third prizes, 15 consolation prizes, and one promising prize, other individual and collective prizes. The total prize value of the contest is expected to be billions of dong, according to Nam. The three national champions will represent Vietnam at the MOS World … [Read more...] about MOS World Championship-Vietnam 2020 launched

The 2019 Human Development Report, published by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), used data from 189 countries and territories to rank them based on the three HDI components of longevity, education and per capita income. Vietnam's 2018 HDI was 0.693, placing it 118th in the ranking and in the upper end of the Medium Human Development group, the report says. It notes that from 1990 to 2018, Vietnam had an average annual HDI growth of 1.36 percent, the 20th best rate of all countries and territories. Vietnam's growth was also the fourth fastest in Southeast Asia, behind Laos (1.49 percent), Cambodia (1.49 percent) and Myanmar (1.85 percent). In the covered period, life expectancy in Vietnam increased by 4.8 years, its mean years of schooling by 4.3 years, its expected years of schooling by 4.9 years and its Gross National Income per capita by 354.5 percent. Meanwhile, Vietnam's loss of HDI value and income due to inequality in 2018 was 16.3 and 18.1 percent, respectively, … [Read more...] about Vietnam strides forward in human development index growth

Nguyen Thi Anh Vien, Vietnam’s top female swimmer, is set to compete in three events in the upcoming 18th FINA World Championship, which is scheduled to take place in the Republic of Korea on July 12-28. Vietnam’s top female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien Vien is one of seven Vietnamese swimmers who will compete in the event. The Can Tho native is the nation’s most successful swimmer after winning a total of 19 golds, seven silvers, and two bronze medals, in addition to breaking 11 records at the SEA Games. She also won two bronze medals at the Asian Games as well as a one silver and two bronze medals during previous FINA World Cup competitions. Tran Duc Phan, deputy director of the General Department of Sports and Physical Training, said Vien is a key member of the Vietnamese swimming team that will take part in the SEA Games. She has set a target of winning eight gold medals during the course of the tournament. At the FINA World Championship in 2017, Vien … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s top swimmer Anh Vien ready to compete at FINA World Champs

The National Committee for Incident, Natural Disaster Response and Search and Rescue has asked the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center to maintain communications with the fishing boat and clarify the situation upon receiving an assistance request from the boat's captain. The Navy, Coast Guard and the Steering Committee for Search and Rescue of the south central Binh Dinh Province, where the fishing boat is registered, have also been tasked with assisting the vessel in carrying out legal fishing activities within Vietnamese waters. According to Dr. Tran Cong Truc, former head of the government's Border Committee, the incident of three Chinese vessels chasing away the Binh Dinh fishing boat is a violation of Vietnam's sovereignty and jurisdiction over its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Vietnam's sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction over waters in the South China Sea, which Vietnam calls the East Sea, are determined in accordance with the 1982 United Nations … [Read more...] about Chinese ships chase Vietnamese fishermen away from Vietnam’s waters