Environment and natural resources
Climate change
Việt Nam and partners to join hands in dealing with climate change
Despite limited funds and many challenges, Việt Nam has included conservation and climate change mitigation efforts in the country’s socio-economic development plan as it faces pollution, rising sea levels and environmental degradation.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Climate change affects farmers in northeast
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 ...
VNS Reporter
Vietnam, France cooperate in climate change
On May 8 the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) and the French Development Agency (AFD) launched the General Monetary and Multisectoral Macrodynamics for the Ecological Shift (GEMMES) model in Hanoi. Vietnam will be the first Asian country to apply GEMMES. The GEMMES ...
Ha Thanh
Raising awareness for young people about climate change
The latest indicators of climate change and rising sea levels in Việt Nam suggest that the country is at risk in the near future.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Smart energy important for HCM City plans
Smart energy is one of the most important factors in making over HCM City as a smart city, especially in the context of climate change, a seminar heard on Friday.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Việt Nam is updating its emission target in Paris climate deal
Việt Nam is reviewing and updating the country’s carbon emission target to better comply with the Paris agreement on climate change and prepare for the global assessment later this year.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Green growth the future for business
Green growth is an effective sustainable development solution for businesses to counter the effects of climate change, said experts at a conference held in HCM City on Thursday.Keep reading ...
VIR Reporter
Việt Nam takes action in GHG reduction
Việt Nam has given top priority to measures aimed at reducing Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and those that promote climate change resilience, with the aim of seeing an 8 per cent GHG reduction by 2030.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
PM puts focus on natural disasters
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has ordered ministries, sectors and localities to use their resources more efficiently to better cope with natural disasters, which are striking the country more frequently and severely due to climate change.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Vietnamese affected by climate change struggle to make a living
Droughts, rising sea water level, and the increased frequency of heavy rains and storms have caused huge damages to the economy, reducing GDP by 1-2 percent, according to GIZ (German Society for International Cooperation).Keep reading ...
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