VOV.VN - Export promotion activities and production investment of local firms have been adjusted to become more flexible in order to adapt to the rapid recovery of global trade.

The Office of the People’s Committee of northern border Lao Cai province has said that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) decided to offer a non-refundable aid worth US$1 million to the province to carry out a project on sustainable forest management and biodiversity preservation.

VOV.VN - The ancient town of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam is scheduled to reopen tourism activities at various destinations starting from November 15, according to the city’s People's Committee.

VOV.VN - A group of hunters have been suspected of shooting dead five rare gray-shanked douc langurs in a forest in Quang Ngai province, central Vietnam, local authorities said on October 18.

More than 100,000ha of rubber plantations in Vietnam are expected to be awarded an international sustainable forest management certification by the end of this year.

VOV.VN - Star anise is a specialty of Lang Son province in Vietnam’s northern mountain region, it ripens in the fall.

VOV.VN - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recognized Nui Chua national park and Kon Ha Nung plateau of Vietnam as global biosphere reserves.

The Vu Quang National Park in the central province of Ha Tinh announced on August 10 it has received a rare white-cheeked gibbon from local forest rangers.

Government Spokesperson Anucha Burapachaisri stated that Prime Minister and Defense Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha was pleased with the decision made by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to add Thailand’s Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex in the World Heritage List.

It is forecast that the total export turnover of wood and forestry products for the whole year will reach US$15.5 billion, a year-on-year increase of 17%.