Adaptation

A study by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE) shows that one of the most critical problems for environmental security is climate change. Climate change has made natural disasters, especially storms, floods, and droughts, increasingly worse, causing environmental upheavals and ecological crisis, ...

At the 24th UN Conference on Climate Change (COP24), Germanwatch released the most up-to-date Climate Risk Index ranking, which analyses the extent to which each country has been affected by weather-related loss events. According to Germanwatch’s report, Việt Nam ranks 6th globally, the highest of any ...

Climate change is the biggest challenge to Việt Nam and the agricultural sector, and farmers and the poor are the most vulnerable. In response, a number of measures have been taken by the country to mitigate climate change.Keep reading ...

Việt Nam had set itself ambitious climate targets to contribute to the global Paris Climate Agreement it ratified in 2016.Keep reading ...

Vietnam is working to develop its own earth observation satellite, which will help the country manage natural resources and mitigate the impacts of climate change and natural disasters.Keep reading ...

Vietnamese and Japanese engineers are building a satellite that will aid Vietnam’s disaster prevention efforts when launched in a few years. They have begun preparatory steps in Japan to produce LOTUSat-1 as part of the Natural Disaster and Climate Change Prevention project undertaken by the ...

A landmark UN report on the impacts of global warming was shared in Việt Nam on Wednesday. []Việt Nam is aiming to cut 8 per cent of its total emissions between 2021 and 2030, and a mass reduction of 25 per cent if supported by the ...

Because of climate change, Kien Giang Province is struggling to maintain its place as Vietnam’s biggest rice producer – a distinction it has held for nearly two decades. The province is well positioned to produce rice. Located on the coast, in an area in Cuu ...

Poor countries could have to pay up to $168 billion more in interest over the next decade as extreme weather events brought on by climate change affect their credit ratings, a study said on Monday.[]Rice plantations in Vietnam are vulnerable to rising sea levels.Keep reading ...

Climate change is damaging production and livestock in the country’s northeast provinces, raising the risks that the poverty rate there could increase in the next few years, according to a new study by scientists of the Việt Nam Academy of Social Sciences.Keep reading ...