Sustainable Development Goals
Half of Mekong Delta permanently submerged with 100cm sea level rise
The “2020 version of the climate change scenario” report released this week by the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry specifies that a 100 cm rise in the sea level could leave 47.29 percent of the Mekong Delta permanently flooded. Vietnam’s coastal average sea level rise ...
Minh Nga
Việt Nam to pilot carbon trade exchange from 2025
Việt Nam plans to set up and pilot a carbon trade exchange from 2025, according to a new Government decree on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and Ozone layer protection. The document stipulates several articles of the Law on Environmental Protection and maps out a roadmap ...
Vietnam inspires the world in climate change response
After five years of efforts to carry out the international commitment on climate change and reduction of greenhouse gas emission, Vietnam completed the update on Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), and sent it to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) amidst the complicated ...
Experts evaluate Việt Nam's eco-industrial park model
Experts from UNIDO and Việt Nam shared their knowledge to evaluate the eco-industrial park model according to the international framework, at a recent online workshop. The workshop is part of the project “Eco-industrial parks intervention in Việt Nam – Perspective from the Global Eco-Industrial Park Programme” ...
No more wind and solar power sources to be added this year
The Ministry of Industry and Trade will not add any more wind and solar power into this year’s plan, due to a lack of input facilities to transfer them to the national grid.According to the deputy director of the National Load Dispatch Center – Nguyễn ...
New North-South Expressway price tag 'doesn't look good': lawmakers
Lawmakers expressed concerns about the very high price tag for 12 new sections of the North-South Expressway, saying the government needs to provide more specific figures.The government’s proposal to build another 729 kilometers of the North South Expressway at VND200 billion ($8.69 million) per kilometer ...
Hoang Thuy, Viet Tuan
Updated climate change scenarios, national climate assessment report released
The updated climate change scenarios and the national climate assessment report were released at a workshop on January 14 by the Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).MoNRE Deputy Minister Le Cong Thanh said the ...
National Assembly passes $15b economic recovery package for 2022-23
On the final working day of an extraordinary session, the National Assembly of Việt Nam on Tuesday voted to adopt a Government-proposed socio-economic recovery programme worth nearly VNĐ350 trillion (approximately US$15 billion) over the next two years.The five major tasks stated in the resolution are: reopening ...
Old, new ID cards to be completely integrated
The old and new versions of citizens’ identification cards are set to be completely integrated this year, enabling the e-identification of all people.It is one of the targets of the project on developing the application of population database, e-identification, and e-authentication to serve the national ...
Agriculture holds significant contributions to 2021 economic growth: PM
Agriculture, farmers, and rural areas have made important contributions in various aspects to stabilising macroeconomics, ensuring major balances, sustaining growth, and boosting economic recovery in 2021 when the economy faces serious COVID-19-induced impacts, stated Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a conference held in Hanoi ...
