Some Turkish archaeologists once said that they had found evidence of human activities in the Buddha’s place around 6000 BC. Once the news was released, it immediately caused a sensation in the global archaeological community. Think about it, what era is 6000 BC? “Of course it was the Neolithic Age.” During this period, humans living in Europe were still relying on jungle hunting, and their skin was dark brown. If cultural relics can be found in Ephesus, it means that this area was already the most civilized area in Europe at that time.

The current mainstream evidence shows that the ancient city of Ephesus was built around the 10th century BC, and in its early days was a trading city managed by ancient Greeks. It was later taken over by the ancient Romans, and its status was elevated to the second largest city in Europe after the imperial city of the Roman Empire. By the 1st century AD, this pivotal city had a population of over 250,000. Interestingly, Ephesus has the world’s earliest urbanization facility-public toilets. But the public toilets at the time were not only for people’s physiological needs, but also very important for social occasions! Although the toilets were all built with big stones, they were also an important social place for the nobles and merchants to discuss matters at that time. It is said that in winter, before the rich go to the toilet, they will spend money to let the poor or their entourage sit on the table to warm the countertop before using it by themselves. In addition, there is also a very old commercial pedestrian street-Arcadia Street, as well as the ancient Roman theater that can accommodate 25,000 people at the same time! After more than a thousand years, this ancient city with a heavy history of civilization went through several ups and downs, and finally began to decline gradually from the 15th century. In any case, the past civilization and glory cannot be reproduced, but the existing relics are enough to prove the history of 2000 years ago. How brilliant is Ephesus. Since the train transportation from Selcuk to Izmir is very convenient, we also want to experience the local train journey, so we returned the previously rented car in Selcuk and took only one hour by train. We arrived in downtown Izmir. Although this is the third largest city in Turkey, it is only our transit station. You don’t want to stay in Izmir for too long, so you just wandered along the Aegean coast. Here you can clearly feel the difference between the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea: most of the water in the Mediterranean Sea is cyan, while the Aegean Sea is blue. I asked a local who was standing by my side watching the sea “Is the Aegean beautiful?” He said that he had watched it for many years, and he didn’t think it was particularly beautiful. If the perfect score is 100, it can only be given to 60 or 70. But I think the Aegean Sea in Izmir is particularly beautiful. After flying back to Istanbul from Izmir, we took advantage of the last afternoon free time to visit the most famous local Bazaar (Kapali Carsi). Almost all Chinese tourists who have been to Istanbul have visited here. It is said that this is one of the largest and oldest trading markets in the world. It has at least 22 entrances, 26 exits, 58 indoor streets, and more than 4,000 shops. Shops. The Grand Bazaar was originally built in 1455 (completed in 1461) by the seventh-generation Sultan of Ottoman Turkey, Sultan Mohammed II. It is known for its Middle Eastern style jewelry, local lamps, Turkish ceramics, Indian spices, and Persian carpets. Yu Shi. When savvy buyers and tourists visit the Grand Bazaar, they will slam their faces when they see the products they like, otherwise the person who is “slaughtered” must be yourself. Even in the Grand Bazaar, each store owner’s price is different for the same product. If you plan to buy some special souvenirs, it’s best to stroll around the more remote Bazaar streets. In order not to buy inferior handicrafts, we even spent an hour and a half in front of a pottery workshop, watching the craftsmen production on spot. In the end, I got a beautiful ceramic bottle. In addition to hand made on the bottom of the bottle, there was also the word “lead”. Someone was staring at it. The craftsman’s craftsmanship is indeed very high, but the price is three times that of ordinary bottles. The city of Istanbul at night is still so charming, taxis passing by noisy neighborhoods, churches and mosques illuminated by spotlights are even more sacred, and the smell of barbecue and roasted chestnuts from time to time outside the car windows makes people move their index fingers. The dessert stalls on the roadside are filled with all kinds of exquisite chocolates. As long as you look at it, you can’t help feeling the silky and fragrant taste. It’s just like Turkey itself, with the mysterious in it. The temptation to resist

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Recently, the beaches in Turkey appeared a patch of mucus (sea snot), which is increasingly spreading over the water. The widespread mucus layer on the Turkish coast causes serious damage to the country’s marine life and fishermen. (Source: Reuters) Sea snot is a green mud that is formed naturally when algae are over-nutriented due to hot weather and polluted water environment. The phenomenon was first detected in Turkey in 2007 and then in the Aegean Sea near Greece. The latest outbreak in the Sea of ​​Marmara near Istanbul is believed to be the largest in history. (Source: Reuters) Experts believe that the large amount of mucus that has appeared recently is due to a combination of environmental pollution and global warming, which accelerates the growth of algae that cause the slime. Meanwhile, President Erdogan said that the problem of untreated sewage being discharged directly into the sea was the cause of this outbreak of marine mucus. (Source: Reuters) When algae grow out of control in the spring, as we’ve seen this year, they block sunlight and cause declines, says biology professor at Istanbul University Muharrem Balci. oxygen for fish and marine life. (Source: Reuters) This mucous membrane covers the sea surface like a canvas. After a while, they sink, covering the seabed ecosystem and harming many species of creatures. When this process is over, they will appear to smell like a spoiled egg. This phenomenon can cause poisoning to sea clams and creatures such as crabs. (Source: Reuters) Professor Bayram Ozturk of the Turkish Marine Research Agency said that due to the overgrowth of the mucus layer, several species are endangered, including oysters, mussels and starfish. “This is a real disaster,” he said. (Source: Reuters) According to environmental engineer Cevahir Efe Akcelik, mucus could cover the sea during the summer if authorities do not take urgent measures. Studies show that mucus stays not only on the surface but also at depths between 25-30 meters. (Source: Reuters) Divers report that large numbers of fish and other species in the affected area are being wiped out by suffocation. This phenomenon has a significant impact on the lives of fishermen. Boats passing through the Sea of ​​Marmara had to navigate through the gray mud, while some fishermen were unable to fish because the mud clogs their engines and nets. (Source: Reuters) Mehmet Soyolcu (43 years old), a fourth generation fisherman in the Sea of ​​Marmara, said that in the past, it took two hours to pull a fishing net at sea, but now it takes ten hours, not counting the cost of fuel. materials and other operating costs. Every day, the operating costs are getting higher and higher, and the fish are less and less. (Source: Reuters) Some fishermen will raise prices to cover their losses, but that won’t help either because people fear the seawater might contaminate the fish in Marmara. At the fish market, more and more customers avoid buying fish and seafood since information about the mucus layer appeared. This makes the fishermen lose income from fishing, life becomes more difficult. (Source: Reuters) Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city with about 16 million inhabitants, and five other provinces, factories and industrial centers border the sea. As a result, this outbreak has had a severe impact on the ecosystem and fisheries in the region. (Source: Reuters) The Sea of ​​Marmara is a sea that stretches 281 km from the Northeast to the Southwest and is 80 km wide at its widest. This sea is connected to the Black Sea through the Bosphorus, also known as the Istanbul Strait in the Northeast. President Erdogan fears the problem will be very serious if the mucus spreads to the Black Sea. (Source: Reuters) The Turkish government has deployed a team of experts to examine the source of pollution in the sea. Workers are now trying to use nets to remove mucus, but their efforts have so far been largely ineffective. (Source: Reuters) Not only around the Sea of ​​Marmara, but the adjacent Black Sea and Aegean Sea regions were also affected by this mucus outbreak. (according to Reuters)

The results of this year’s training of the Coast Guard Region 1 Command are more advanced than in previous years. This is the basis for the Regional Command to continue to improve its combat readiness, the level of command organization at all levels; bravery in manipulating and using weapons, technical equipment and handling situations in training of officers and soldiers of the whole unit. Here are some pictures of the training session. Practice shooting AK submachine guns at sea. Chemical training content at sea. Test swim in the sea. Training in first aid for wounded soldiers at sea. Master the task before going on a mission. The formation of training ships at sea. The squadron of the 102nd Squadron entered the firing line. Giving flowers with good shot to comrades with excellent achievements.

More than 100,000 years ago, the ostrich eggshells and crystals collected by humans in the interior of South Africa revealed the cultural evolution of early humans and demonstrated technological innovations off the coast of South Africa at that time. Pliny the Elder of ancient Rome once said, “Ex Africa semper aliquid novi”-there is always something new in Africa. Wilkins et al[1]An example of this is the report on “Nature” about materials excavated in a rock shed in inland northern South Africa. The objects they found indicate that our current view of the birth of early human cultural innovation has to be changed. In the 1980s, researchers put forward new ideas about the origin of our species-Homo sapiens. These new ideas are based on newly developed technologies, such as optical luminescence dating (OSL), which can accurately date ancient sites as far as 50,000 years (50,000 years is the upper limit of radiocarbon dating). These views are also rooted in the study of genetic diversity. The evidence comes from mitochondria, the organelles that provide energy in cells. Mitochondrial DNA is inherited from the maternal line. Some mitochondrial DNA does not code for proteins, and tracking the rate of change of mutations accumulated in this DNA over time can provide a “molecular clock.”A study on existing human mitochondrial DNA concluded that we all have a certain nearest common ancestor, nicknamed “mitochondrial Eve” (mitochondrial Eve), she may be African, living 200,000 years ago[2]. By 1988, researchers were still arguing[3]Whether the question of the origin of modern Homo sapiens has been answered, some people subsequently put forward the theory called “Out of Africa 2”. The theory believes that our direct ancestors evolved in Africa alone, and some of their offspring left the African continent at some time after about 50,000 years ago, distributed across the world, and interbred with ancient humans (close relatives of humans) in Eurasia. Important sites related to modern human fossils in Africa have been re-dated, and innovative technologies have been discovered in some early sites. This shows that about 200,000 years ago or even earlier, Africans belonged to modern humans in anatomical and cultural sense. But usually they mainly rely on stone tools, the same as those made by their ancient human cousins ​​(Neanderthals and Denisovans) in Eurasia at the same time. In sub-Saharan Africa, this technology is considered the Mesolithic Age (MSA). In Eurasia and North Africa, similar types of artifacts belong to the so-called Middle Palaeolithic.Both technologies can be traced back to approximately 300,000 to 30,000 years ago[4].Current evaluations of archaeological, fossil, and genetic data confirm these views[5]It also supports Africa’s outstanding role in the later stages of human evolution. Archaeological evidence shows that signs of modern humans outside of Africa are related to the beginning of the late Paleolithic period (about 50,000 to 40,000 years ago). It is defined as a series of technological innovations: movable art, and eventually cave paintings and carvings; the original non-stone tools (such as bone or horn); the earliest known jewelry; and the occurrence of lifestyle and resource acquisition Evidence of major changes. These evidences that were once regarded as “human revolution” are a qualitative leap in cultural evolution and can only be related to modern people in the true sense. Unsurprisingly, the researchers tried to find similar evidence in sites from the Middle Stone Age and Middle Paleolithic Age in Africa. Now that modern people of anatomical significance have lived there, where is the evidence corresponding to the late Paleolithic period? But throughout Africa, archaeological evidence is fragmentary. There are some late Paleolithic elements, but they sometimes disappear, appear and disappear in one area, and only reappear in other places after thousands of years. Part of the problem is that only a small number of African regions have been studied in detail, mainly at the northern and southern ends of the continent with a temperate climate (Figure 1). Other places that have been investigated in depth are places where researchers have reason to expect to find ancient relics, such as where fossils and stone tools have been exposed due to erosion of the natural landscape. These important locations are located in the Gregory Rift Valley in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania[6]And South Africa’s dolomite limestone caves, the latter is known as the cradle of mankind[7]. But these two areas contain records of the very early stages of human evolution. Mesolithic records are most commonly found in rock sheds and caves. Figure 1 | Some African archaeological sites related to the Mesolithic Age. Certain sites mainly located in coastal areas (cross-hatched) have a long history of excavation, and they help reveal the evolution of early human populations. In contrast, the surveys of the listed inland points are only the past three decades.Research on these inland sites reveals important technological innovations in the Mesolithic Age (MSA) from 300,000 to 30,000 years ago[8-14]. Wilkins et al[1]The report found fragments and crystals of ostrich eggshells (OES) in the rock shed on Ga-Mohana Mountain, which indicates that humans had collected unusual objects at least 105,000 years ago (105 ka). All these findings show that MSA’s innovations are diverse in time and space, and illustrate the necessity of investigating and studying other parts of the African continent. LSA: Late Stone Age; after 40,000 years ago. People have been reluctant to investigate new areas, probably because it is easier to continue working where results have already been produced, and there is no need to go to other places at the risk of nothing. Figure 1 shows that the MSA site is far from the traditional research area that has been surveyed in the past 30 years.The evidence from the excavation work is surprising[8-15], From early ostrich eggshell beads and carved shell containers, to spear-shaped bones and stone tools, and possibly even bows and arrows . However, a single African site has never discovered all the technologies of the late Paleolithic period in Eurasia. In South Africa, researchers mainly learn about MSA through coastal sites, including the Cresses River and Blombos Cave.The builders of these sites used a lot of shellfish and fish[15]. This has led some people to conclude that marine food has played an important role in the evolution of human brain and behavior, and in general terms have resulted in the true modern human population. But what can we know about the inland Africa in the Mesolithic Age? Wilkins and others reported that there were some unexpected discoveries at a site on Ga-Mohana Mountain (Figure 1)-on the edge of the Kalahari Desert 665 kilometers from the coast. Some of these items are presumably used for decoration, and may represent an early ritual symbolic act . The author reports a long list of archaeological discoveries, including a limestone layer called travertine, which was dated using uranium-thorium analysis.In addition, the travertine allowed the author to reconstruct the past environment, showing the existence of multiple wet and lush “green Kalahari” periods, reminiscent of the Sahara[16]And arab[17]There was a period of lush greenery. Wilkins et al. used optical luminescence dating to date some sediments. A sedimentary layer on the Ga-Mohana Mountain is approximately 105,000 years old and contains 42 charred ostrich eggshell fragments and 22 calcite crystals. This may be a material storage warehouse with no signs of deliberate changes to the contents (burning is considered to occur naturally). The author reports that such crystals have never been found in southern African sites over 80,000 years old. Wilkins and colleagues systematically studied all the reasons these objects might be there. After excluding all possible natural explanations, just as forensic researchers exclude other possible situations in their investigations, they only have one conclusion left- People specially collected such non-practical items . Researchers speculate that they were piled up for some symbolic purpose; this is a sign that their collectors are modern humans in the sense of behavior. Are there similar discoveries in other early African sites? In western South Africa, many charred and carved fragments of ostrich eggshells were unearthed in Diepkloof Cave. They are about 60,000 years old.In the Diepkloof cave[8]And Mount Ga-Mohana, These shells may be remnants of ancient water containers, which are common in the ruins of later times.If so, their main role may also be functional rather than symbolic . Given the age of the objects discovered by Wilkins et al., it may not be surprising that the ostrich eggshell was undecorated (as in the Diepkloof cave) or not made into beads. These situations were about 50,000 years ago in Magubike, Tanzania.[9]Rock Shed and Panga ya Saidi[10,11]It just started to appear; Panga ya Saidi is a group of caves located off the coast of Kenya, with artifacts that span about 78,000 years. Wilkins and colleagues said their findings indicate that it is imperative to investigate sites in the interior of southern Africa. In East Africa, I want to say that we have the opposite problem, because archaeologists have almost never investigated coastal sites from the Stone Age. In fact, Panga ya Saidi may be the first East African coastal site ever discovered that contains a time series spanning such a long Stone Age. The Mesolithic residents there made ostrich egg shell beads and snail shell beads, used ochre as a pigment, and collected resources in a forest environment that was completely different from the grassland. (Grassland is assumed to be the norm in the Mesolithic Age). The purpose of the excavation of Panga ya Saidi is to study the trade links of the entire Indian Ocean, and a large number of Stone Age deposits were discovered by accident. Even the Mesolithic inland sites in East Africa-once thought to be well understood-have unexpected gains.For example, at the Olorgesailie site in Kenya[12], People transport stone materials long distances, and use ocher to make pigments.In Katanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, there is a large catfish living in a river, and people nearby made bone forks and other fishing gear[13]To make use of these rich river resources. In the late Stone Age (LSA; after 40,000 years ago), the ability to pierce a fish with a spear was common, but its appearance in the Mesolithic was unexpected. Mumba Cave in Tanzania[14]It is one of the first excavation sites in East Africa focusing on the Mesolithic Age. The excavation was led by Norwegian archaeologist Margit Kohl-Larsen in the 1930s. At the same time, her husband Ludwig was collecting ancient human fossils in Littleley near Lake Eyasi a few kilometers away; later British archaeologist Mary Leakey and colleagues discovered the footprints of ancient humans in Littleley, 3.75 million years ago.They are produced by bipedal individuals and are the oldest ever discovered[18]. Mumba contains Mesolithic sediments, with late Stone Age sediments above it.There is no sign of any technological mutation; innovative technologies existed in the Mesolithic Age, and these technologies hardly changed in the late Stone Age[14]. Wilkins et al. emphasized, It is necessary to conduct a continent-wide examination of the evidence of innovation in the Mesolithic Age and beyond . Only in this way can we understand the cultural evolution of our recent common ancestors.Homo sapiens[5]The fossil record of Africa shows that there does not seem to be any single technological and social development model over time. 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However, increased water temperature due to global warming makes the situation worse. Another cause is the pollution of untreated industrial wastewater. Obstructing livelihoods In April, according to the newspaper Cumhuriyet , biologists discovered the mucus appeared on the seabed about more than 30 meters deep. This mucus layer covers the reef, potentially suffocating the coral. Carcasses of thousands of fish were also found in several coastal towns. To make matters worse in recent weeks, Istanbul’s coastline has been covered with a “beige carpet”. Fishermen who rely on the sea for their livelihood have begun to sound the alarm about the situation. Sheet Cumhuriyet quoted a fisherman who said he had not been able to work since January. The mucus prevented him from casting a net. The sea surface of Marmara is covered with “a blanket of beige”. Photo: Daily Sabah. A diver catching sea snails laments to the news agency Anadolu that his income was reduced by poor underwater visibility. Crabs and seahorses are slowly dying as slime clogs their gills. Lecturer in hydrobiology at Ondokuz Mayıs University, Mr. zgür Baytut told the newspaper. BirGün that since it first appeared in Turkey in 2007, the mucus seems to affect the Mediterranean Sea region cyclically. According to him, it is “unusual” that mucus has been regularly found along the coast of Turkey in recent times. Mainly human According to the Guardian , the high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus in the Sea of ​​Marmara lead to phytoplankton populations releasing huge amounts of “mucus”. Although the mucus itself is not harmful, it can become a host for harmful microorganisms and dangerous bacteria such as E.coli – bacteria that cause gastrointestinal diseases in humans. Furthermore, when the mucus is so thick that it forms a coating on the surface of the water, it can cause a tragedy. It prevents fish from breathing, leading to mass fish deaths, which in turn leads to a sharp drop in oxygen in the water causing suffocation for other marine species. Scientists suspect that climate change may be a factor because phytoplankton thrives in warm waters. Last winter was milder than usual, meaning the Sea of ​​Marmara was a few degrees warmer than average. Mustafa Sari, a professor at Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University, told podcast channel Kisa Dalga that the giant and sticky clumps of mucus represent “climate change that is becoming increasingly apparent”. Not only hindering the fishermen, the tourists are also worried that “mucus” will reduce the beauty of the Sea of ​​Marmara. Photo: Daily Sabah. Experts also point out that preventing untreated waste from being dumped directly into the Sea of ​​Marmara helps to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus levels somewhat. Overfishing – which leaves phytoplankton out of many natural prey – can also cause this condition. Officials in Istanbul in early May announced cooperation with the Turkish government and Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University to come up with a solution, including sending boats to dredge the seabed. In Izmit, workers collected more than 110 tons of mucus, which was then taken to an incinerator for processing. Concerned that the mucus could reduce tourist numbers, some have called on the government to do more to prevent the problem from recurring. Ismet Cigit, newspaper reporter Ses Kocaeli , lamented that humans had “betrayed the most beautiful waters in the world” by allowing chemical storage facilities, fuel tanks, factories, and industrial sites to build along the coast. “Clearly there is no deterrent penalty for those who pollute the sea. Marmara is dying,” he wrote in Turkish.

Super wind power project floating off the coast of Iceland provides green electricity to the UK worth 30 billion USD. Photo: North Coast of England/Documentary. The HIP Atlantic project, which aims to deploy 10 GW turbines offshore the UK, is a joint venture involving Spanish oil and gas company Repsol. This project is the result of cooperation between two groups of UK and US. IPC Group is an Anglo-American joint venture based in the UK, specializing in the development of international gas plants. Hecate Wind is part of Hecate Energy, a company owned by Hecate Holdings that develops solar and electric batteries, in which Spanish oil and gas company Repsol has just acquired a 40% stake to increase its footprint in the industry. renewable energy sector. The press release about the mega-project says that HIP Atlantic will be “completely under the control of the UK electricity system operator”, being “the first wind farm on overseas waters”. According to the plan, the first phase is to build a 4 GW wind farm connected to the UK electricity grid and two single 1 GW wind farms, hundreds of kilometers south of British waters. and in the east of Iceland. The investors of the HIP Atlantic project said that the first 2 GW could be put into operation from 2025. HIP Atlantic expects the first phase of the project to create 15,000 new jobs in the UK and 500 new jobs in the UK. Iceland. Expand the offshore wind energy area. Project Chairman Tony Baldry, former UK Energy Secretary, said the HIP Atlantic project implements British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s vision to attract investment and create jobs in the North of England, as part of of the ambitious policy of making Britain a world leader in offshore wind energy; We will expand the UK wind power sector beyond traditional water, extending the frontiers of current cable technology for power generation within 1,000km of land-based grid points. his”. Floating offshore wind farms are the British agenda. The UK has set a target of 1 GW of energy from floating offshore wind farms by 2030, as part of the 30 GW target plan for offshore and seabed wind.

The Ministry of Transport said that in order to complete this coastal route, Phu Yen province needs to actively balance the budget, in case of difficulties, it should report to the Government for consideration and support in the medium-term public investment plan (2021-2025). ). The completion of the road will create a beautiful road, connecting with many national monuments and landscapes, which is the driving force to attract investors to large coastal projects of Phu Yen province. From this coastal road, visitors can see the beautiful Bai Mon at the foot of Dien Cape If counted from the South to the North, this road will run through the National Historic Site of Tau No Number, bringing visitors to Vung Ro to enjoy fresh seafood here. This road will continue to take visitors to Bai Mon for scuba diving, to Mui Dien to watch the sunrise. That road will take visitors through Tuy Hoa city with fields on one side and the sea on the other to Bai Xep of Tuy An district (an attractive destination for tourists through the movie “I see yellow flowers on green grass”). . Not far to the north is the national scenic spot Hon Yen – where visitors do not need to wade into the water can still touch each piece of beautiful coral flowers floating on the sea surface at low tide. Continuing to move to the North, less than 10 km, that road will pass through the national landscape of O Loan lagoon famous for greasy milk oysters, blood scallops and Ganh Da Dia, which has just been recognized as a heritage site. special national scenic spots. Out of the territory of Tuy An district, the road will take visitors to the national landscape of Xuan Dai bay – where Phu Yen province is calling for investment to build into one of eight key national tourist areas and will come to you. a series of beautiful beaches, from Bai Nom to Bai Bau, Bai Rang… to Quy Nhon city (Binh Dinh province). Many projects have been licensed to invest by Phu Yen province along the sea, but not many projects have been started construction and put into operation. Among the many reasons given by investors, there is a reason to wait for a road through the coast of Phu Yen province connecting the two provinces of Khanh Hoa and Binh Dinh.

Exchange with Tien Phong On April 23, Da Nang Department of Tourism said, on the coming April 30 – May 1 holiday, the total number of visitors and tourists in Da Nang was estimated at 129.5 thousand, mainly domestic tourists. geography. In which, the tour operators exploited more than 16 thousand passengers. According to the Department of Tourism, the number of tourists to Da Nang is improving because the epidemic is well controlled, and the demand for tourism increases after a long period of separation (in the North). And another important factor is that the city and businesses organize many attractive and novel programs with great offers to attract tourists. Some hotels along the coast of Da Nang have been fully booked during the holidays of April 30 to May 1. Photo: Thanh Tran. On this occasion, there are 11 domestic routes to the city. Currently, the number of tourists booking tickets for the holidays tends to increase strongly, focusing on the peak week from April 28 to May 3. Airlines increase flights, add promotions on fares, checked baggage, and diversify flight schedules with many different flights at different time frames. Department of Tourism further information, visitors staying at establishments during the holiday is estimated at more than 58.6 thousand visitors. Hotels in the coastal area, especially hotels along Vo Nguyen Giap, Hoang Sa and Truong Sa streets, achieved a good occupancy rate of over 75% for the period April 30 and May 1, some hotels have 100% for April 30 such as Naman Retreat, Hyatt Regency, Furama Resort, Bella Maison Parosand … The number of domestic tourists coming to Da Nang has been increasing. Photo: Thanh Tran. On this occasion, tourist sites and attractions are still preparing for experiential programs and activities to attract and serve tourists. In which, the National Monument of Ngu Hanh Son, Da Nang Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Cham Sculpture is free to open. Ba Na Hills tourist area with a series of attractive activities such as food and beer festival, The Golden Heart show, combo tours at Ba Na By Night with the product “European Night on top of Ba Na”, enjoy the program Performances of international artists, campfires … The Rap Show will be held at Asia Park on April 30, Asian Culinary Festival, circus variety show …

Singapore Green Plan 2030 is the latest plan with the cooperation and efforts of 05 ministries (Ministry of Education, Ministry of National Development, Ministry of Natural Resources and Sustainability, Ministry of Industry and Trade and Ministry of Transport) to advance to a greener and more sustainable Singapore, while offering more business opportunities and creating more jobs. A City Between Nature, Sustainable Living, Renewable Energy, A Green Economy and a Resilient Future By 2026, Singapore will build 200 hectares of new parks, which are about 8 times the total area of ​​My Dinh Stadium. By 2035, Singapore will have an additional 1,000 hectares of green space. At the same time, Quoc Dao will plant 1 million more trees with the ability to filter an additional 78,000 tons of CO2 for a clean air and plenty of shade. These are some of the key goals of the Singapore Green Plan 2030. Singaporeans and future visitors can expect more nature-based recreational activities, such as hiking, bird watching at the upcoming Nature Parks: Rifle Range, Mandai Mangrove, Khatib Bongsu … Natural parks offer visitors an immersive experience in nature, and also act as green buffers to reduce visitor pressure on nature reserves. Roads in the industrial park will be dense with native trees and plants in multi-layered structures, mimicking those in tropical rainforest. This will make the shady routes wider, cooler and more comfortable for pedestrians. By 2030, the bicycle routes in Singapore will be widened from 460km to 1,329 km. At the same time, the Park Connector Network will be expanded from the current 340km to 500km by 2030 so that tourists and Singaporeans have maximum access to nature. This network will include the Round Island Route, the Rail Corridor and the Coast to Coast trail. Accordingly, all apartments will be within a 10-minute walk from the park. Park Royal Hotel on Pickering in Singapore is designed as a hotel in the middle of a nature garden (Photo courtesy of Trivago) Another prominent target is that 80% of tall buildings will be green. Park Royal on Pickering Hotel’s landscape in Singapore is designed to self-maintain and minimize resource use such as: rainwater collected from the upper floors will irrigate the lower levels of the trees through power without running pumps, while rooftop photovoltaic systems can power the lighting system, in hopes of creating the world’s first energy-free sky garden . In addition, when coming to Singapore, visitors can not help but see the magnificent and magnificent Marina Bay Sands when viewed from afar. This is the first MICE facility in Southeast Asia to achieve ISO 20121 Sustainable Event Management System certification and is one of the largest buildings in Singapore to be awarded Green certification by Construction and Construction Authority (BCA). Mark Platinum, is committed to long-term environmental protection. Schools are also committed to contributing to this green 2030 plan with the goal of reducing carbon use by two-thirds. Mr. Ong Ye Kung, Minister of Transport, said: “We are the only country in the world to stop the increase in the number of transport vehicles. And we are also one of the few countries that has taken advantage of the water cycle and reused the last drop. ” Hopefully in the near future, when tourists return to Singapore, they will be more surprised and interested in a modern, modern country that is green, clean and friendly with the environment.

Monster waves challenge the daredevils of Portugal’s coast The seaside town and resort of Nazare, on Portugal’s west coast, remain crowded throughout the summer. Many visitors love flocking to the comfortable stretch of white sand beach to relax, swim, surf. Contrary to that scene, when winter comes, only those looking for thrill, adventure will stay on the coast. The reason is because at this point the beaches are more dangerous, appearing more massive waves up to 30 meters high that regularly drop along the rocky coast. Many people call the waves ‘monsters’ because they are really aggressive, potentially dangerous. Many surfers love the adventures of Nazare However, Nazare attracts many major surf enthusiasts from around the world. The Nazare waters came to the fore in November 2011, when Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara broke the record for passing a giant 23-meter wave. In January 2013, Garrett McNamara returned and broke his own record of success with an estimated wave of about 30 meters. In late October 2013, Brazilian surfer Carlos Burle conquered an even bigger wave. Nazare soon became a legendary place in the world surfing village. In January 2018, one of the biggest waves ever seen in Nazare nicknamed ‘Big Mama’ appeared at a height of up to 35 meters. How had it been so many record-breaking waves appeared steadily in winter in Nazare? The answer lies in the rare geographic location of Nazare. Just off the coast of Nazare is the largest underwater ravine in Europe, about over 201 km long. At the deepest point, the canyon position is about 4.8 km from the surface, from this position the canyon suddenly rises from 30 to nearly 46 meters, forming a steep wall blocking the sea floor, also where the Large waves formed and jumped more violently. With the special terrain as above, the big winter storms have the opportunity to gather their energy in this large alley, then diffuse into waves of great intensity that pour into the shore. Other major wave spots in the world, such as Teahupoo in Tahiti, Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii and Mavericks off the coast of northern California, have similar submarine geographic locations as Nazare.

Around 19:30 pm on April 23, MRCC received emergency rescue information from the ship QNg 94746 TS, led by Mr. Le Quang Trung (SN 1991, resident in Pho Thanh, Duc Pho, Quang Ngai) as captain. Rescue forces brought 2 crew members ashore. At this time, two crew members on board had an accident while fishing in the waters off the coast of Quang Nam province. In which, Nguyen Van Trieu (SN 1993, from Quang Binh) had broken jaw, deformed lower jaw, lost a lot of blood, crushed lips, lost consciousness. The other person, Pham Phung (SN 2000, hometown Ninh Thuan) suffered a facial injury, lost a lot of blood. Immediately after receiving the information, MRCC took the SAR 412 lifeboat with the medical team of Da Nang Medical Emergency Center on the way to the rescue. At 22:00 on the same day, the rescue team had approached the ship QNg 94746 TS. Medical staff conducted first aid right at sea, then urgently transferred 2 victims to the mainland. After many hours of crossing high waves, on the morning of April 24, the SAR 412 ship took the victim back to Da Nang and transferred to the hospital for treatment.

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The sea in Tuy Phong is still very unspoiled. This is the beach in Binh Thanh commune, adjacent to the ruins of Co Thach pagoda.

Along the shore, sometimes there are natural rocks with strange shapes.

7 Color rocky beach is the most famous landscape of Tuy Phong district, Binh Thuan province.

The gentle rocky beach is located on the edge of the sea created by nature with many colors and shapes.

Tourists are very excited to visit and take photos at 7 Color rocky beach.

In Binh Thanh commune, there is La Gam cape, which is a place associated with the long-established sea village.

And this is Ganh Rai, located next to the coastal road connecting Lien Huong with Phan Ri Cua

Going along the sea road down the south, visitors will have the opportunity to admire the Ganh Son beach.

This landscape has beautiful red-sand stalactites protruding from the sea, so it is called Ganh Son.

Nature has created wonderful landscapes along Tuy Phong beach.

Ganh Son is located in Chi Cong commune, Tuy Phong district, Binh Thuan province. Every afternoon, beautiful men and women in the Ganh Son beach village go to the sand to sit and chat.

In the distance, the fishing boats of Duong fishermen anchored after the fishing trip returned.

After the working day, locals often take their children to bathe and play at sea.

From Ganh Son, with a view to Binh Thanh, the traveler can clearly see the wind power pillars that have unique characteristics of this land.

As Law of Ho Chi Minh City informed, the Vietnam Maritime Administration plans to dredge and sink 200,000m3 of material in the waters of Da Nang, which worries many people.

We have an interview with Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Thanh Ca (Senior Lecturer, Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment) about this sinking plan.

The plan is not effective

Sir, is the plan to dredge 200,000m3 of material and to sink in waters 4 nautical miles from Tien Sa Port is reasonable and effective?

Assoc.Prof. Dr. Vu Thanh Ca: I also do not know where the sinking area is. But with personal experience, I think that this drowning option is reasonable but not effective.

It should be noted that even though we see sand all around, sand is actually becoming an extremely rare resource. Beach sand is always very flexible and has a sand cycle near the coast. In winter, large waves with short cycles bring the sand from the shore outward to form near shore sand bars. In summer, storm waves are small but long cycle transport sand from these sand bars to the shore to reclaim the beach. However, the amount of sand brought into the beach is always smaller than the amount of sand carried out or in other words, a certain amount of sand is lost each year towards areas with great depths. Usually, this loss of sand is offset by sand brought out by rivers.

Assoc.Prof. Dr. Vu Thanh Ca (Senior Lecturer, Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment).

As many hydroelectric and irrigation dams are currently built on the upper reaches of rivers and block most of the sand flowing from the river basin. The amount of sand loaded into the sea by rivers is severely reduced and is no longer enough to compensate for the loss of sand at beaches. As a result, beaches suffer from a lack of sand, thus being transformed from an accretion state to an erosion, loss of beach state. Beach erosion is more serious because some localities have allowed to absorb sand near the shore for sea encroachment, thus causing a shortage of sand.

Sediment in Tien Sa port channel and basin originates from neighboring sandbanks and Han River, and is carried by long waves into the channel and port basin. If this amount of dredged sand is not submerged in locations with great depths but is dumped near the beach next to Nguyen Tat Thanh Street in Danang Bay, the use of sand will be very efficient.

There is no need to pour sand at the beach but rather sand in front of the beach, near where the sand bars are formed in winter. Long waves in summer will transport sand into the sediment to the beach, restore part of the beach that was eroded before.

Only immersed sand is not polluted

The waters surrounding Son Tra Peninsula have 177 species of coral, 130 species of fish living in coral reefs, 3 species of seagrass distributed over a total area of ​​1 ha and 108 species of seaweed. Warnings experts must be very careful when dumping 4 nautical miles from Tien Sa port. What are your comments on these concerns?

There have been many studies around the world on the environmental impact of dredged mud and sand. The first thing to emphasize is that if the dredged sludge is contaminated, special treatment is required to eliminate the pollution and only the immersion of non-contaminated dredged sludge into the sea is allowed.

The research results in the world show that, if the dredged sand is poured over sensitive ecosystems with high biodiversity such as corals, sea grass, the dredged mud and sand will kill the ecosystems. This state. In addition, if the dredged sediment is dumped near such ecosystems, the dumping of the sediment will change the seabed topography. The sea dynamics processes such as waves and currents will reset a new balance at the seabed by transporting mud and sand to sedimentation in other areas and can fill and cover areas with leveling ecosystems. coral, sea grass. Therefore, to avoid unnecessary damage, the dredged sediment submerged area must be significantly away from areas with high biodiversity sensitive ecosystems.

Da Nang seaport area.

If the dredged sludge is submerged in a rather remote location (for sure, more than 5 km) an area with a sensitive ecosystem with high biodiversity, the problem of turbid water becomes unimportant. . I would like to quote on this issue of the Committee of the OSPAR Convention, which is the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Nordic Countries and Western European Countries: “Sediments are an essential part, the integrity and dynamics of the system. Ecological. Over 99% of the dredged material that has been submerged into the sea has been generated near the submerged site and is the result of dredging ports and access channels to ensure navigational operations. Most of the dredges were submerged at identified sites. They are also used for beach farming and encroachment ”and“ sediments are part of the marine environment and the movement of non-polluted sediments in the ocean supports natural sediment balancing. also has short-term effects on light-dependent organisms, but this effect is generally considered negligible. ”

It should be noted that the Nordic countries and Western Europe have very high standards of marine protection, and they concluded as such, we do not need to worry about this. Some countries also require dredged mud and sand submerged in the area with the mud and sand circulation system to support the mud and sand circulation, prevent coastal erosion.

Pouring sand to feed the yard, a double job

Do you have any advice for Vietnam Maritime Administration as well as Da Nang in sinking 200,000m3 of material?

I think that the dredger should be used to feed the beach, to compensate for erosion at the beaches of Danang. Over the years, a number of beaches in Da Nang, one of the most important tourism resources, are being eroded due to a shortage of sand. The use of dredged sand to feed the beach by dumping this sand into sandbanks just outside of the eroding beaches, although not fully addressing the problem of beach erosion, can also be mitigated. this problem.

If it is possible to use dredged sand to feed the beach and prevent erosion, the Vietnam Maritime Administration as well as Da Nang have done more than a double job. I want to say “more than a double job” because many places in Vietnam can not raise the beach to prevent erosion because there is no sand to feed the beach.

Associate’s views on material submersion into the sea? In the world, besides submerging material in the sea, is there any other option?

There is almost no other option to handle dredged sludge. Dumping dredged mud on shore is both costly and environmentally dangerous. It is expensive because you will need a large area of ​​land for dredging mud and sand. Dangerous for the environment because salt water from dredged mud and sand will pollute and destroy the ecosystem in a rather large area around the dredged mud and sand dump site.

Furthermore, I would like to emphasize again that the dredged sludge is part of the sea, and if the uncontaminated dredged sludge is submerged in the area within the sand circulation system of an eroding beach then I have helped the beach to protect itself according to the laws of nature.

Thank you Sir!.

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