Community-based tourism activities have helped protect coral reefs in Hon Yen island in the central province of Phu Yen, heard a workshop on January 10.
An exhibition aimed to raise people’s awareness of the importance of reducing the use of plastic products opened in Tuy Hoa city in the central province of Phu Yen on August 19.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment held a conference in the central province of Phu Yen on December 14 to review one year of implementing a movement against plastic waste.
The People’s Committee of central Phu Yen province and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Vietnam held a conference on June 18 to discuss strengthening the management of domestic solid and plastic wastes in the locality.
The prolonged severe drought has dried up thousands of hectares of protection forest in the south central province of Phu Yen, causing many forest fires.
The central province of Phu Yen has sufficient conditions to set up a Global Geopark, Guy Martini, Chairman of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council, said after a field trip to the site earlier this week.
The south central province of Phu Yen on March 28 released breeding shrimp and fish into the waters around Ganh Da Dia – a well-known tourism spot in the locality – to re-generate fisheries resources.
A rare turtle was released back into the ocean in the south-central coastal province of Phu Yen on January 11 by the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Xuan Thinh Border Post.
The south central province of Phu Yen has asked the MiOT to approve adding three solar power projects to the Provincial Power Development Planning in 2011-2015 period, with a vision to 2020.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked the south central province of Phu Yen to take urgent measures to cope with Typhoon Damrey, the 12th of its kind arising in the East Sea so far this year.
Bao Chau Private Enterprise on September 13 joined the Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN), a WWF initiative linking more than 300 companies worldwide that are committed to responsible forestry.
The Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNForest) has proposed a halt to two projects developing commercial activities in natural forest and forestry land in the central province of Phu Yen.
The Vietnam Directorate of Fisheries and the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers jointly launched a training course on protecting dolphins during fishing tuna in Phu Yen province on December 13.
Different countermeasures are being employed by many provinces to get through the impacts of drought and saltwater intrusion on local agriculture and aquaculture.
The central province of Phu Yen is prioritising hi-tech and environmentally-friendly mining projects as part of its efforts to increase natural resource management.
The authorities and residents of the central province of Phu Yen are undertaking a raft of measures to cope with a drought caused by prolonged hot weather in the locality.