Phong Nha - Ke Bang honored by UNESCO as the World Biosphere Reserve
UNESCO honors Phong Nha - Ke Bang as the World Biosphere Reserve, contributing to improving nature conservation and sustainable tourism development. The Phong Nha - Ke Bang Biosphere Reserve has a total area of 515,830 ha, covering 15 communes of Quang Tri province, including the core zone, buffer zone and transition zone. This is one of the areas with typical tropical forest ecosystems on limestone mountains of Southeast Asia, preserving abundant biological resources with thousands of species of flora and fauna, including many rare and endemic species.
Phong Nha - Ke Bang is famous for nearly 500 caves discovered, possessing geological, geomorphological and natural landscape values. Previously, this area was twice listed by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage Site in 2003 and 2015.
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Hanoi Highway proposes to change toll collection method, pay as much as you travel
Hanoi Highway officially started toll collection from April 1, 2021. However, according to the investor, the current open toll collection method has revealed many inadequacies. Vehicles traveling only a short distance still have to pay a fee equivalent to vehicles traveling the entire route. Conversely, some vehicles using the road but not passing through the toll station do not have to pay the toll.
According to the investor, this not only causes injustice between user groups but also creates traffic pressure on nearby roads when many vehicles try to avoid toll stations, leading to local congestion. In fact, many questions and reflections have also appeared from people living near the toll station area. To overcome the above inadequacies, the investor proposes to switch to a closed toll collection method. Accordingly, the fee will be calculated based on the actual length of the vehicle used and the type of vehicle.
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Urgently relocate more than 40 rafts and patches swept away by storms into the core area of Ha Long Bay
According to the Ha Long Bay - Yen Tu World Heritage Management Board (BQL), these rafts and aquaculture areas were knocked out of their anchorage by thunderstorms on the night of June 4, and then drifted into the heritage area. The affected points are mainly concentrated around Thien Cung cave, Cho Da island and Trong Mai island.
Immediately after discovering the incident, the Management Board urgently directed the implementation of handling measures to ensure waterway traffic safety, maintain the environmental landscape and beauty of the heritage area.
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