Upstream dams severely restricted water flow between 2019 and 2021 during the wet season, exacerbating drought conditions created by the lack of rainfall, a new report says.Stimson Center has operated the Mekong Dam Monitor (MDM) since late 2020. MDM’s natural flow models show that wet season ...

Air quality in Vietnam improved in 2021 but still failed to meet the World Health Organization’s annual average PM2.5 concentration guidelines.The decline in the annual average PM2.5 concentration continued in 2021, falling to 24.7 μg/m3 after peaking in 2019 at 34.1, the World Air Quality ...

The International Day of Action for Rivers (March 14) is a day dedicated to solidarity – when diverse communities around the world come together with one voice to say that rivers matter. This year, countries around the world will take part in the 15th meeting ...

Việt Nam has been named among the 60 most innovative economies in the world by the 2019 Bloomberg Innovation Index.Keep reading ...

The Vietnamese Government and business community have adopted policies and strategies to aid their competitive goal – to catch up with the rest of the world, especially in ensuring sustainable national development.Keep reading ...

Most of Vietnamese people have been eating too much salt, nearly double the World Health Organisation (WHO)-recommend level of 5g per day, heard a workshop in Hanoi on March 27.Keep reading ...

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) organised a conference in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ on October 9 to launch the Capacity Building for Sustainable and Low-Carbon Rice Innovations in Southeast Asia (CABIN) project. The aim is to promote rice straw management in Southeast ...

Climate change has negatively impacted agricultural production in many localities, especially in the Mekong Delta and the central region. This situation has caused drought, saltwater intrusion and water shortages, significantly affecting farmers.Ministries, branches, localities and people have implemented many response solutions, including converting inefficient rice ...

With China and the United States as its largest export destinations, Vietnam is seeking ways to insulate itself from an escalating trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.Keep reading ...

Hospital infection control is a major concern for health care providers and patients all over the world. Preventing such infections is a critical aspect of improving hospital safety, heard a recent conference in Hanoi.Keep reading ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that Vietnam has eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem. According to the WHO, lymphatic filariasis is an infection transmitted to humans by mosquitoes.Keep reading ...

Vietnam has instituted many screening programmes for diabetes and pre-diabetes as part of efforts to reduce the rate of undiagnosed diabetics and protect people from cardiometabolic disorders which are intrinsically linked with diabetes and a major cause of morbidity and mortality world-wide.Keep reading ...

Sound strategies should be put in place in response to Vietnam’s ageing population, which has one of the fastest rates in the world, according to Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs Le Tan Dung.Keep reading ...

Vietnam ranks 45th out of 126 economies in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018, up 14 places compared to 2016, according to the GII report announced by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) on July 10. Keep reading ...

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) launched a project on October 26 to green Vietnam’s textile-apparel sector through improving water management and energy sustainability.Keep reading ...

Twenty-two embassies and international organisations in Vietnam will sign a code of conduct on plastic pollution prevention on June 4 to mark World Environment Day (June 5), according to the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam. Keep reading ...

Vietnam asks China, as a large nation in the region and the world, to perform its responsibility in maintaining peace and stability in the East Sea, stated Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang on May 8. Keep reading ...

Using GDP as a proxy for development can fail to recognize that sustainable development is affected by multiple factors and the significant vulnerabilities that may exist in countries targeting important levels of GDP.  Effectively measuring what counts can have a transformative impact and help lead ...

Viet Nam’s GDP size has almost tripled and the country has expanded economic and trade ties with more than 200 countries and territories across the world since it hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) for the first time in 2006.Keep reading ...

Hanoi is determined to build a people-centered and business-oriented smart city by 2030, said Permanent Vice Chairman of the Hanoi City People’s Committee Nguyen Van Suu during the sixth World Cities Summit (WCS) 2018 held in Singapore on July 9.Keep reading ...