Agriculture and fishing
Building sustainable agricultural value chains to reduce deforestation
Vietnam is promoting sustainable agricultural trade and production to reduce deforestation, heard an event under the umbrella of the fourth Global Conference of the Planet Network’s Sustainable Food Systems Programme held in Hanoi on April 25.For sustainable development without causing deforestation, the EU through UNDP ...
Efforts needed to promote circular agriculture in Vietnam
In recent years, Vietnam’s agriculture has made a strong transformation, with market-oriented agricultural production, bringing about high quality and added value to producers and farmers. However, the agricultural production process also generates a large amount of waste and by-products, which, if not managed properly, will ...
Carbon credits take root in agriculture sector
Carbon credits are gaining traction in the agriculture sector as an instrument to promote sustainable farming practices and improve farmer income. The World Bank would raise $40 million between 2023-2024 and $60 million between 2025-2026 to pay for the carbon credits generated by the one million ...
Students offer innovative solutions to global problems
Students from engineering technology universities in Vietnam have developed innovative projects following the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) model to provide engineering solutions for real world problems, including supporting the vulnerable, sustainability, agricultural productivity, plastic recycling, reducing CO2 emission and green energy.Keep reading ...
Vietnam stresses importance of ethical standards in handling water resources
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has highlighted the need to establish a social ethical standard in relations and behaviours regarding water resources, especially transboundary water, in accordance with the principles of fairness, equality, rationality, and respect for the rights and interests of other ...
Vietnam to develop 1 million ha of low-emission high-quality rice by 2030: draft
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is about to complete a draft of the project to develop 1 million ha of low-emission high-quality rice in Vietnam, according to Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam.The project is part of the activities to implement Vietnam’s Strategy for ...
Ministry issues action plan to reduce methane emissions till 2030
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has issued an action plan to reduce methane emissions till 2030, with six major tasks. The action plan targets methane emissions in cultivation, animal husbandry, solid waste management, waste water treatment, oil and gas exploitation, coal mining and ...
Coffee, rubber and many others affected by new EU policies on anti-deforestation
Around 90 percent of deforestation in the world is currently provoked by the expansion of agricultural land, according to a report from the European Union. This is one of the main reasons why the EU is enforcing regulations on trade in legal and “deforestation-free” commodities ...
OV scientist in France helps promote sustainable rice cultivation in Mekong Delta
Dr. Le Toan Thuy, an overseas Vietnamese scientist in France, has joined projects to help Vietnamese managers and farmers effectively develop rice cultivation models in the Mekong Delta region.The projects aim to monitor and observe flood, drought and saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta by ...
Organic farming key to healthy value chains
Organic production can help Vietnam deal with the skyrocketing prices of food, fuels and fertilisers caused by the recent turbulence in different parts of the world, according to Danish Ambassador to Vietnam Nicolai Prytz.A shift to sustainable farming such as organic is a solution that ...