Environment and natural resources
Climate change
Forest fires become increasingly devastating
A recent research paper published in the scientific journal Nature Ecology & Evolution reported that the frequency at which extreme fires are occurring around the world has more than doubled over the past two decades, mainly due to human-caused climate change.Using satellite records, scientists studied ...
Ha Anh
MRC, USAID partner to enhance Mekong Basin management
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has signed a grant agreement worth 5 million USD with the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to launch their new Mekong Basin Partnership. This initiative aims to strengthen transboundary coordination and management of water and related resources, contributing to ...
Vietnam Energy Outlook Report 2024 launched
Viet Nam’s CO2 emissions should peak in 2030 and the green energy transition needs to happen urgently and at a faster pace than previously.The above finding was highlighted in the Viet Nam Energy Outlook Report-Pathways to Net Zero which was released on June 19. According ...
Hoang Ha
Vietnam joins hands in land management, desertification combat
Vietnam is impacted by drought, land degradation, and moving sand dunes. Degraded land nationwide approximates 12 million ha, accounting for 35.74% of the country’s total area, according to a 2021 land survey by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Protecting and development forest is an ...
Deputy PM chairs review of 2021-2030 national forestry planning
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang chaired a meeting of the Council tasked with reviewing the National Forestry Planning for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision toward 2050, in Hanoi on June 14. Under the draft plan, Vietnam aims to have over 15.8 million ha ...
Vietnam issues national plan to eliminate ozone-depleting substances
Vietnam will promote the transition to technologies that utilise substances with low or zero global warming potential, and roll out sustainable cooling solutions to cut emissions by 11.2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2045 under a national plan on the management and elimination of ...
First program to generate carbon credits from rice cultivation piloted
On June 11, Deputy Director Trinh Duc Toan of the North Central Agricultural Science and Technology Institute said that the unit is coordinating with Green Carbon INC to implement a program to improve farmers’ lives by generating carbon credits from rice cultivation. This is the ...
Translated by Anh Quan
Vietnam issues national plan to eliminate ozone-depleting substances
Vietnam will promote the transition to technologies that utilise substances with low or zero global warming potential, and roll out sustainable cooling solutions to cut emissions by 11.2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2045 under a national plan on the management and elimination of ...
US, Cần Thơ and An Giang launch effort to prepare for climate change-induced public health threats
The United States Mission to Vietnam, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), have launched an initiative in Cần Thơ and An Giang provinces to build a local framework for them to detect, prevent and respond to ...
From destruction to restoration: Southern central region efforts to rebuild green belt
In addition to economic activities and human demands, climate change and extreme weather events are significant contributors to the decline of mangrove forests. Economic pressures, particularly the wave of shrimp farming expansion, infrastructure development projects and natural disasters, have led to the devastation of most ...
