Vietnam inspires the world in climate change response
After five years of efforts to carry out the international commitment on climate change and reduction of greenhouse gas emission, Vietnam completed the update on Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), and sent it to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) amidst the complicated ...
Vietnam shows strong political commitment to maximising green energy transition
Green transition in the energy sector is a key trend in the world and is one of Vietnam’s current top priorities. Vietnam is among countries with great potential to invest in new renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and ocean wave power, and biogas.Vietnam’s ...
Vietnam inspires the world in climate change response
After five years of efforts to carry out the international commitment on climate change and reduction of greenhouse gas emission, Vietnam completed the update on Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), and sent it to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) amidst the complicated ...
42nd ASEAN Summit wraps up highlighting three key pillars
The 42nd ASEAN Summit concluded on May 11 after three days of meetings, with leaders approving many documents in all three key pillars of political security, economy, and socioculture.The 10 documents approved at the summit include the ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration on Developing Regional Electric Vehicle Ecosystem; ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration on One ...
Vietnam enforces numerous policies to ensure human rights
Protecting and promoting human rights is a consistent policy of the Vietnamese Party and State. With the lodestar of putting people at the centre, considering them the driving force for national development, and striving to improve their lives and enjoyment of rights to ensure no ...
Workshop seeks to create shared value for climate change adaptation
Song Foundation, a Vietnamese non-profit supporting sustainable living communities, on August 16 held a workshop seeking the way to create shared value for climate change adaptation, with climate change experts and business representatives taking part.Opinions at the event suggested that more investment should be poured ...
Gender issues, social welfare highlighted in migration studies to better support migrants
Increasing migrant trends are calling for new solutions to ensure migrants’ rights and well-being, particularly for women, said experts at an international scientific conference on migration in social integration. Scholars and professionals from Vietnam, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Thailand and China gathered on October 24 ...
'Buying' Mekong water from China a farfetched scheme
Several researchers have reacted with skepticism and criticism to American experts’ suggestions of Mekong downstream countries paying China for water to avoid drought. Some said it was not just impractical but also something that would set a “bad precedent.”In recent years, MRC has repeatedly asked ...
Viet Anh
New green growth strategy to promote carbon-neutral economy
The Ministry of Planning and Investment is drafting a national strategy on green growth for 2021-30.The strategy updates new factors to influence green growth and ensures synchronicity with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on greenhouse gas emission reductions.According to the ministry, the national strategy ...
IPCC- Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL)
Land is already under growing human pressure and climate change is adding to these pressures. At the same time, keeping global warming to well below 2ºC can be achieved only by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors including land and food, the Intergovernmental Panel ...
"World's Largest Lesson" on sustainability comes to Việt Nam
As many as 1,000 secondary school students nationwide will learn about global goals for sustainable development at the global event “World’s Biggest Lesson” to be held for the first time in Việt Nam in September and October in HCM City.With the theme “Define Your Eco Vibe”, the participants will be offered chances to ...
Blue Swallow 2019 – Drive social business initiatives for sustainable development: call for applications
Blue Swallow (Én Xanh) is a Vietnam’s leading program to build, accelerate and recognize business initiatives for social changes. The program aims at promoting and accelerating spirit and pioneering business solutions to contribute to solving social and environmental protection issues.The Blue Swallow 2019 is co-organised ...
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Report highlights effect of COVID-19 on vulnerable households, companies
COVID-19 has had a serious impact on vulnerable households, especially those of ethnic minority groups, those with members working in the non-official sector, or those with immigrants, according to a report released at a conference in Hanoi on July 23.Jointly prepared by the UNDP, UN Women, ...
Programme promotes social initiatives launched
The En Xanh (Green Swallow) programme 2019 to honour social business initiatives was launched in Hanoi on July 24. The programme is jointly hosted by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations, the United Nations Development ...
Fitch revises Vietnam outlook upwards to positive
Global credit rating agency Fitch said Vietnam will remain one of the fastest growing economies in the Asia-Pacific region. The firm announced the revision of Vietnam’s outlook to Positive from stable on Thursday, affirming that the country will keep its ‘BB’ sovereign credit rating.The agency ...
Hung Le
Affordable housing requires new policy
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Decision 338/QD-TTg on April 3, 2023, approving an investment plan to build at least one million social homes in the 2021-2030 period. Given the current stagnant property market, there is a pressing need to consider implementing new policy to ...
Hung Son, Ngoc Ly
New solutions reduce GHG emissions from shrimp ponds: Research
New farming solutions have helped reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by nearly 17% in extensive shrimp farms and nearly 11% in intensive farms, according to a research on monitoring GHG emissions from shrimp farming ponds.The research is part of the “Energy transition and climate change ...
First Vietnamese conservationist receives largest environment award
The Director of Save Vietnam’s Wildlife, Nguyen Van Thai, has become the first Vietnamese wildlife conservationist and the only Asian so far to receive the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize – the world’s most prestigious award for grassroots environmental activists.The prize honours grassroots environmental heroes from ...
Mekong pilot program to monitor impact of Lao dams on lower basin
Transboundary environmental impacts of Laos’ Xayaburi and Don Sahong dams will be monitored under a two-year program following a call for more data transparency.Joint Environment Monitoring of Mekong Mainstream Hydropower Projects (JEM) aims to “systematically collect, generate and share reliable and scientific data and information ...
Sen
Increased data sharing crucial to Mekong River management: Study
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) released a study on October 9, highlighting the need for China and Southeast Asian nations to share data on storage levels and hydropower operations as water levels in the river at historic lows due to climate change and human activities.The ...
