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Vietnam, US share experiences in environment protection
HCM City (VNA) - Vietnam and the US are able to share experiences and cooperate in fields of environment and wildlife protection, said Deputy Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Tai in his meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State Claudia McMurray on Nov. 20.
Tai said his city realised the importance of the environment protection.
With a view of economic development accompanied with improvement of people's
life quality, the city has worked out solutions and projects to treat
wastes, reduce exhaust fumes, noise, and river pollution, as well as
programmes to raise public awareness of environment protection, Tai said.
McMurray said the US-Vietnam cooperation in environment has been
developing with a number of researches and exchanges of experiences to help
Vietnam cope with climate change.
She suggested that Vietnam pays more attention to balancing economic
development with environment protection, and said the US side is eager to
share experiences and give technical assistance to Vietnam in dealing
with the issue.
Exchanging views on wildlife protection and the fight against illegal
trade of wild animals, the host and guest agreed that the two sides should
organise more training courses to provide knowledge and skills in protection
and rescue of wild animals, prevention of illegal trade, and help raise
people's awareness.
Tai suggested that the US side sends experts to help train Vietnamese
officers in the field.
During her five-day working visit to Vietnam starting on Nov. 18, the US
Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Environment and Science also
attended a ceremony to inaugurate the Mekong Delta Research and Global
Observation Network (Dragon Institute) in Can Tho city on Nov. 20.
The institute's establishment was part of efforts to realise the
agreements by PM Dung and US President G. Bush in last June to intensify
scientific research and educational cooperation in agriculture, fishery,
maritime, flood and storm control, wildlife protection, energy and
ecological preservation between the two countries.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony, McMurray said she hoped the Dragon
Institute would demonstrate its usefulness to countries worldwide that are
facing impacts of climate change by providing scientific data and
information as well as ecological forecasts.
McMurray also had meetings with officials from local rangers' service,
environmental police and custom officers to discuss cooperation on personnel
training and law enforcement in the field of wildlife protection.
During her stay in Vietnam , McMurray will visit the Cat Tien
National Park in southern Dong Nai province and central Lam Dong province,
wildlife projects financed by Winrock International, and environment
research projects conducted by the Colorado University 's
experts.-Enditem
Tai said his city realised the importance of the environment protection.
With a view of economic development accompanied with improvement of people's
life quality, the city has worked out solutions and projects to treat
wastes, reduce exhaust fumes, noise, and river pollution, as well as
programmes to raise public awareness of environment protection, Tai said.
McMurray said the US-Vietnam cooperation in environment has been
developing with a number of researches and exchanges of experiences to help
Vietnam cope with climate change.
She suggested that Vietnam pays more attention to balancing economic
development with environment protection, and said the US side is eager to
share experiences and give technical assistance to Vietnam in dealing
with the issue.
Exchanging views on wildlife protection and the fight against illegal
trade of wild animals, the host and guest agreed that the two sides should
organise more training courses to provide knowledge and skills in protection
and rescue of wild animals, prevention of illegal trade, and help raise
people's awareness.
Tai suggested that the US side sends experts to help train Vietnamese
officers in the field.
During her five-day working visit to Vietnam starting on Nov. 18, the US
Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Environment and Science also
attended a ceremony to inaugurate the Mekong Delta Research and Global
Observation Network (Dragon Institute) in Can Tho city on Nov. 20.
The institute's establishment was part of efforts to realise the
agreements by PM Dung and US President G. Bush in last June to intensify
scientific research and educational cooperation in agriculture, fishery,
maritime, flood and storm control, wildlife protection, energy and
ecological preservation between the two countries.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony, McMurray said she hoped the Dragon
Institute would demonstrate its usefulness to countries worldwide that are
facing impacts of climate change by providing scientific data and
information as well as ecological forecasts.
McMurray also had meetings with officials from local rangers' service,
environmental police and custom officers to discuss cooperation on personnel
training and law enforcement in the field of wildlife protection.
During her stay in Vietnam , McMurray will visit the Cat Tien
National Park in southern Dong Nai province and central Lam Dong province,
wildlife projects financed by Winrock International, and environment
research projects conducted by the Colorado University 's
experts.-Enditem
