Environment and natural resources
Deforestation reduction remains challenging
Being active in more than 65 countries, REDD+ allows people who protect local forests to receive payments, usually from developed countries. REDD+ aims to make forest protection more economically attractive than deforestation. The total value of the program’s activities is estimated at 2.9 billion USD.A ...
Vietnam to introduce criteria for national green development
Vietnam is soon to introduce a new set of national criteria aimed specifically at speeding the development of green industries in line with international standards, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI). The new criteria would serve as a foundation for governmental ministries, ...
IFC commits investment of nearly $1.9bn for Vietnam
The total commitments of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, in Vietnam reached nearly US$1.9 billion for the fiscal year 2023, including $520 million earmarked in long-term finance. IFC’s investment and advisory programs addressed core challenges for Vietnam, including ...
Mekong Delta carefully coping with El Nino
The Mekong Delta is entering the flooding season with 1m of water lower than this time in other years. This signals grave challenges brought by El Nino and asks for practical solutions to fight against unpredictable weather in the near future.The National Center for Hydrometeorological ...
Forest carbon credits and people's expectations
Government Decree No. 107/2022/ND-CP, issued on December 28, 2022, on pilot transfer of emission reduction results and financial management of agreement on payment of GHG emission reduction in the North Central region, is the first decree to help create a process for the exchange, transfer, ...
Expert explains cause of landslides, advises on prevention measures
Dozens of landslides have occurred across the country since June, with some causing severe consequences and human losses. Associate Professor, Dr Tran Tan Van, former Director of the Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), spoke ...
Vietnam issues ISO standards to realise net zero commitments
The Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality under the Ministry of Science and Technology has issued International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) standards regarding climate change adaption. The standards named TCVN ISO 14090:2020 contain principles, requirements and guidelines to instruct organizations and sectors to adapt to climate ...
Second phase of low-carbon projects benefit communities in Vietnam
UK Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Graham Stuart has just introduced the second phase of the Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) program at a launch event in Ho Chi Minh City on August 2 with the presence of alumni from the CFA’s ...
National plan issued to implement Glasgow declaration on forests, land use
Vietnam will closely manage natural forests, and gradually deal with forest and land degradation by 2025 as set in the freshly-approved national plan on the implementation of the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use.The declaration was launched at the United Nations Climate Change ...
HCM City’s Can Gio reserve nominated as Ramsar site
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has nominated Can Gio Biosphere Reserve on its outskirts as a Ramsar site, a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.It includes a mangrove area of nearly 35,000 hectares with an abundance of ecosystems and wildlife, and ...
