Director
of GreenViet, Tran Huu Vy, said the research, which began last December, has
been tracking the habitat and population of the monkeys as well as food chains
to limit risks of conflict with human activities.
He
said the research was urgent as many flocks of monkey had left their habitat in
the primary forest to seek food from tourists and offerings at temples and
pagodas at the foot of Son Tra mountain recently. Monkeys had conflicts with
people when local residents and visitors tried to feed them.
Monkeys
even broke into kitchens and fruit farms in the reserve, raising risks of
They
undertook advocacy activities to raise public awareness of forest protection
and prevention of fires.
In Ca Mau province,
the provincial People’s Committee is ordering relevant departments and
agencies to have in place sufficient personnel and facilities to promptly
discover fires and extinguish them.
The province
has 110,000ha of forests, including 66,539ha of saltwater mangrove forests,
43,195ha of brackish - water mangrove forests (U Minh Ha forests) and 716ha on
islands.
The U Minh
Ha forests and those on islands usually face a high fire risk in the dry
season, according to the province’s Forest Protection Sub-department.
Rangers are
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Clip expresses gratitude toward doctors in COVID-19 fight
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A video clip comprising a series of paintings by children on doctors, who are called intimately as white blouse warriors during the COVID-19 fight, has been published recently by the Ministry of Health.
The paintings by child artists are part of a campaign initiated by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health and United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF).
They depict doctors as white-blouse soldiers who have relentlessly fought against the pandemic, through which children’s gratitude toward health workers is expressed.
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Eleven new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Vietnam in the 12 hours as of 6am on March 2, and all are in northern Hai Duong province, according to the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control.
Tubes containing samples for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)
The new cases are F1, who had close contact with previously confirmed patients and thus, have been sent to concentrated quarantine sites since February 28.
They are undergoing treatment at the COVID-19 treatment hospital No 3, based at Branch No 2 of the Sao Do University, of Hai Duong.
Vietnam records 16 new Covid-19 cases
By Le Nga February 28, 2021 | 07:31 pm GMT+7
Vietnam confirmed 16 new Covid-19 cases Sunday evening, 12 community transmissions in Hai Duong Province and four imported cases.
The new patients in the northern province have been detected in Kim Thanh, Nam Sach, Kinh Mon and Cam Giang districts; as well as in Chi Linh and Hai Duong towns.
They d come into close contact with previously confirmed Covid-19 patients and had already been quarantined or were in locked down areas. They are being treated at local field hospitals.
Three of the four imported cases were confirmed in the southern province of Tay Ninh. They had entered the country via the Moc Bai international border gate on February 14 and are now being treated at the Tay Ninh General Hospital.