The Prime Minister has given a green light to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to coordinate with other ministries, authorities and localities as well as the Lao side to hold a bilateral ministerial-level meeting on accelerating cooperation activities in preserving the bio-diversity and managing preservation areas along the bilateral border.

With 10 ASEAN heritage parks, Vietnam is home to the highest number of such parks in the region.

The southern province of Kien Giang has seen complicated developments of riverbank and coastal erosion which is affecting local infrastructure and people’s daily lives, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

As many as 140 hectares of forest will be planted in U Minh Thuong National Park in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang in 2018, while various measures will be carried out to preserve biodiversity in the park, said director of the park Pham Quoc Dan.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang earned more than VND2.2 trillion (around US$97 million) from tourism services in the first half of 2017, up 20% against the same period last year.

The southern coastal province of Kien Giang welcomed more than 1.4 million tourists in the first quarter of this year, a rise of six percent year on year, fulfilling over 25 percent of its yearly target.

VOV.VN - Tra Su cajuput forest, Sam Mountain, and Tram Chim National Park to name a few, are beautiful travel destinations in the western region of Vietnam for travellers during the Lunar New Year festival (TET).

U Minh Thuong National Park in the southern province of Kien Giang is focusing on scientific research to promote its conservation.

U Minh Thuong National Park in the southern province of Kien Giang has made progress in turning itself into a friendly tourist destination.

The U Minh Thuong National Park in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang was recognised as Vietnam’s 8th Ramsar site at a ceremony held on February 22.

The 2016 National Tourism Year was launched in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on February 22 under the theme: “Discovering the Southern Land”.

VOV.VN - What’s your New Year’s Resolution? Hopefully it’s to travel the winding roads of Vietnam and experience first-hand the history and heritage that the nation offers or explore its many outdoor adventures.

Water shortages are affecting more than 57,000ha of rice farmland in the Mekong delta province of Kien Giang, with entire crops at risk of being wiped out completely due to the prolonged drought.

(VOV) -Forestry officials in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang have taken preemptive measures to prevent forest fires and have placed more than 10,500 ha at a high level of alert.

(VOV) -Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) Bui Canh Tuyen on August 12 handed over the ASEAN Heritage Park certificate to Kien Giang’s U Minh Thuong National Park.

Every weekend, hundreds of people flock to U Minh Thuong National Park in the southern province of Kien Giang to go fishing for different kinds of fish far beyond their wildest dreams.

The Prime Minister has signed a decision to continue to preserve and refurbish the U Minh Thuong historical cultural relic in the southern province of Kien Giang.