Vietnam News Highlights for April 21, 2023
Here is the major news The Hanoi Times picked up for today.
Vietnam raises security level ahead of big vacation this month-end
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has raised the aviation security control measure to Level 1 at some big airports ahead of the five-day national vacation starting on April 29 to prevent emergencies caused by overcrowding during the holiday.
Airports on the list are Noi Bai, Danang, Tan Son Nhat, Phu Quoc, Cam Ranh, and others. Meanwhile, airlines are required to develop a plan to increase flight frequency to meet the travel needs of passengers to minimize delays and cancellations.
Security control measures may be tightened in three stages in accordance with current regulations when there are high risks to aviation security. Level 1 is used in cases of significant sociopolitical events or complex conditions involving political security and social order.
| Crowded Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi. Photo: The Hanoi Times |
Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Vietnam's Permanent Representative to the UN called for G7 and G20 to fulfill their commitments to climate credit in developing countries and multilateralism to ensure financial sources for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
He made the request at the 2023 ECOSOC Financing for Development (FfD) Forum held at UN Headquarters, New York on April 17-20 attended by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres and President of the 77th United Nations General Assembly Csaba Kőrösi, the Vietnamese Ambassador
Vietnam decided to donate Cuba 5,000 tons of rice during the ongoing visit paid by Chairman of National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue. Vietnam has occasionally donated Cuba rice with 5,000 tons each.
The Ministry of Public Security has suggested adding three positions to be guarded, namely Permanent Member of the Communist Party’s Secretariat, Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court, and the Chief Procurator of the Supreme People’s Procuracy.
Under the draft Law on Guards which is made available for public ideas, 37 positions to be guarded include the Party’s General Secretary, President, National Assembly Chairman, Prime Minister, former Party General Secretary, former President, former NA Chairman, former PM, Politburo’s members, among others.
97% of Vietnamese travelers want sustainable tourism reflected in Booking’s Sustainable Travel Report 2023. The report contains insights gathered from more than 33,000 travelers across 35 countries and territories, including more than 5,000 Vietnamese travelers, in a survey conducted in February 2023.
The World Tourism Organization defines Sustainable Tourism as tourism that promotes resource management that preserves cultural integrity, crucial ecological processes, biological diversity, and life support systems while meeting economic, social, and aesthetic needs.
| Fireworks in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi in the Lunar New Year 2023. Photo: Khanh Huy/The Hanoi Times |
Ho Chi Minh City will hold fireworks on the occasion of Reunification Day (April 30). The firework display will take place at two venues namely Thu Thiem Tunnel on Sai Gon River and Dam Sen Cultural Park. Each will last for 15 minutes.
A group of 91 keeled box turtle or Cuora mouhotii has been rescued and brought to Cuc Phuong National Park from a forest management unit in Lang Son Province.
C. mouhotii is listed as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It was documented in southern Vietnam for the first time in 2013, extending the range of the species approximately 300 km southward.
