UNESCO said the dossier meets all technical requirements outlined in the World Heritage Convention.
Chùa Đồng (Bronze Temple), a temple in the complex, is situated atop the highest peak of the Yên Tử Mountain and is cast entirely from bronze. — VNA/VNS Photo
HÀ NỘI – UNESCO has responded to the dossier seeking its recognition of the Yên Tử – Vĩnh Nghiêm – Côn Sơn, Kiếp Bạc Monuments and Landscapes Complex as a world heritage site, according to the Cultural Heritage Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
UNESCO said the dossier meets all technical requirements outlined in the World Heritage Convention.
Container trucks leave China for Vietnam at a border gate in Lao Cai Province. Photo by VnExpress/Giang HuyVietnam and China have agreed to increase trading hours at the Huu Nghi Border Gate by two hours, to 8 p.m. daily, amid rising imports to Vietnam.
After the Lunar New Year holiday in February there has been rising need for trading and there is some overload, said Hoang Khanh Duy, deputy head of the Management Board of Dong Dang – Lang Son Border Gate in the northern province of Lang Son.
On March 16 there were 1,000 trucks waiting to cross the border on the Chinese side of Huu Nghi Border Gate, mostly carrying food ingredients, machines and car parts.
Customs officials from both countries agreed to increase trading time by two hours starting March 17, and the next day the overload dropped to 500 trucks.
Vietnam saw imports rise 18% year-on-year to $54.6 billion in the first two months. China was the biggest import market accounting for $21 billion, up 51%.
Đó là số liệu về tiêu thụ thịt động vật hoang dã do Tổ chức Quốc tế về Bảo tồn Thiên nhiên (WWF-Việt Nam) khảo sát, thống kê.
Ngày 15-3, Hợp phần Bảo tồn Đa dạng Sinh học do Cơ quan Phát triển Quốc tế Hoa Kỳ (USAID) tài trợ thuộc dự án Quản lý rừng bền vững và Bảo tồn đa dạng sinh học (VFBC) phát động chiến dịch truyền thông với thông điệp “Ngừng ăn thịt thú, góp thiện cho đời”.
Chiến dịch “Ngừng ăn thịt thú, góp thiện cho đời” sẽ diễn ra tại 5 tỉnh Quảng Nam, Thừa Thiên – Huế, Quảng Trị, Quảng Bình và Lâm Đồng
Theo khảo sát về việc tiêu thụ thịt động vật hoang dã do WWF-Việt Nam thực hiện năm 2021, khoảng 90% thú rừng bị săn bẫy trái phép được tiêu thụ qua kênh nhà hàng, quán nhậu ở khu vực thành thị và số lần tiêu dùng thịt động vật hoang dã trung bình lên tới 7 lần/năm/khách hàng.
Trong nhiều năm qua, Việt Nam là một trong những quốc gia châu Á tiêu thụ nhiều thịt rừng và các sản phẩm khác từ động vật hoang dã. Nhu cầu tiêu thụ liên tục đối với các sản phẩm này dẫn đến tình trạng sụt giảm nghiêm trọng quần thể các loài hoang dã trong tự nhiên tại Việt Nam bao gồm những loài ăn cỏ lớn và mang lớn đặc hữu ở dãy Trường Sơn.
Phần này bàn về các cách dùng nói lăm, nói lắp và tlăm tiếng/nói tlăm tiếng từ thời LM de Rhodes và các giáo sĩ Tây phương sang Á Đông truyền đạo. Đây là lần đầu tiên cách dùng này hiện diện trong tiếng Việt qua dạng con chữ La Tinh/Bồ (chữ quốc ngữ), điều này cho ta dữ kiện để xem lại một số cách đọc chính xác hơn cùng với các dạng chữ Nôm cùng thời – nhân tiện bàn thêm về chữ lam HV, nói *lam/lăm, nói tram và thành ngữ “trăm hay không bằng tay quen“.
TP HCMBị VKS đề nghị mức án tử hình về 3 tội danh, bà Trương Mỹ Lan ngã quỵ, được cảnh sát dìu, cho phép ngồi để đảm bảo sức khỏe.
Bà Trương Mỹ Lan tại tòa, chiều 19/3. Ảnh: Thanh Tùng
Chiều 19/3, VKS hoàn tất luận tội đối với bà Trương Mỹ Lan (68 tuổi, Chủ tịch Tập đoàn Vạn Thịnh Phát) và 85 người liên quan đến các sai phạm tại Ngân hàng Thương mại cổ phần Sài Gòn (SCB).
VNE – By Gia Chinh March 17, 2024 | 08:00 am GMT+7
Erosion along the coast of Hoi An City, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/ Dac Thanh
The French Development Agency will provide 42 million euros (US$45.7 million) between now and 2028 to fund works to prevent coastal erosion in Hoi An City.
The Ministry of Finance and the European Union (EU) on Friday signed an agreement for the Hoi An Erosion Prevention and Sustainable Coastal Protection project.
Of the 42 million euros, 35 million euros are a loan from the AFD, two million euros are in the form of non-refundable aid from the EU, and five million euros are Vietnam’s counterpart fund.
The work comprises building seven concrete embankments and pouring sand to create a beach along a five-kilometer stretch of coast along Cua Dai Beach.
Written by Charlotte Van Campenhout and Khanh Vu for Reuters ->
March 14 (Reuters) – The Dutch King and Queen will postpone a visit to Vietnam planned for March 19-22 at the request of Vietnamese authorities, the Dutch Royal House said on Thursday.
“The Vietnamese authorities have requested that the state visit of His Majesty the King and Her Majesty Queen Máxima to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam be postponed due to domestic circumstances,” the Royal House said in a statement.
Khi mặt trời lặn, phụ nữ trong gia đình bà Rophia quây quần dùng bữa xả chay trong khi đàn ông đến thánh đường làm lễ.
“Nếu tụ họp tất cả thành viên ngôi nhà không đủ chỗ”, bà Rophia nói. Căn nhà của họ có chiều ngang 4 m, dài 20 m là nơi sinh sống của gia đình ba thế hệ.
The current legal system does not have specific regulations on identifying key industries as well as specific policies to promote the development of these industries.
A supporting enterprise in Bắc Ninh Province. Việt Nam needs legal system to develop key industrial sectors, including the support industry. —VNA/VNS Photo
HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam needs a legal corridor to clearly define development for key industries in the process of industrialisation, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
The Ma River in central Vietnam runs dry amid heat waves in June, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Le HoangA project aiming to foster water and environment security in the Ma and Neun – Ca river basins and related coastal areas in Vietnam and Laos was launched in Hanoi on Tuesday.
Speaking at the event, Ngo Manh Ha, deputy director of the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Department of Water Resources Management, said the project aligns with the Vietnamese Government’s orientations and vision for sustainable water resources development.
A young and technology-savvy population, favourable policies and rich cultural heritage coupled with the rapid digitalisation and economic integration will fuel the boom of the creative economy in Việt Nam.
Handicraft products of MFC Mỹ Quới Cooperative in Sóc Trăng Province. Việt Nam has significant opportunities to promote the development of the creative economy. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Hưng
HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam is in the top 10 developing economies in exporting creative products with a value of US$14.153 billion, heard a conference on Tuesday.
The conference, co-organised by the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), discusses opportunities and recommendations for Việt Nam to promote the development of its creative economy.
Speaking at the event, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyễn Huy Dũng said the bidding is a historic day for the telecom sector and the commercialisation of 5G in Việt Nam.
Telecom workers perform a test on 5G mobile networks in Hoàn Kiếm District, Hà Nội. VNA/VNS Photo
HÀ NỘI – Việt Nam’s telecom companies entered a bidding war yesterday over the rights to develop and exploit the country’s 5G 2500-2600 MHz band for the next 15 years. The band, officially designated as B1 during the bidding, had a starting price of VNĐ3.9 trillion (US$158 million).
UN rights office says Israeli settlements in Palestinian areas amount to a ‘war crime’
FILE – U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk speaks at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. The U.N. human rights office says in a report published Friday, March 8, 2024, that the establishment and expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem amount to a war crime. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)
Updated 9:33 PM GMT+7, March 8, 2024
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office says in a report published Friday that the establishment and expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem amount to a war crime.
The report covers the one-year period from Nov. 1, 2022, to Oct. 31, 2023, when it says roughly 24,300 housing units in existing settlements in the West Bank were “advanced” — the highest number in a year since monitoring began in 2017. It deplored an increase in the building of new settlement homes in recent months.
“The West Bank is already in crisis. Yet, settler violence and settlement-related violations have reached shocking new levels, and risk eliminating any practical possibility of establishing a viable Palestinian state,” U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk said. He presented the report to the Human Rights Council on Friday.
Reports this week that Israel plans to build nearly 3,500 settler homes in three areas “fly in the face of international law,” he said.
Türk said the creation and expansion of settlements amount to the transfer by Israel of its own population into territories that it occupies, “which amounts to a war crime under international law,” his office said in a statement.
Israel’s diplomatic mission in Geneva, which regularly accuses Türk’s office of overlooking violence by Palestinian extremists against Israelis, said the report “totally ignored” what it said was the deaths of 36 Israelis and injuries of nearly 300 others in attacks due to “Palestinian terrorism” last year.
Much of the international community considers the settlements to be illegal under international law.
Expanded settlement activity and an upsurge in violence in the West Bank in recent months have been largely overshadowed by bloodshed and displacement of Palestinians in Gaza, where Israeli forces have led a blistering military campaign against the militant group Hamas following its deadly Oct. 7 attacks in Israel.
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