Sustainable Development Goals
More special mechanisms proposed to speed up national target programmes
The Government has proposed the National Assembly allow the application of additional special mechanisms to remove difficulties and obstacles facing national target programmes, thus speeding up their progress in the coming time, according to Minister of Planning and Investment (MPI) Nguyen Chi Dung.The three underway national ...
Ministry introduces information-communication technology maps
The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) on October 9 released eight technology maps in the information and communication sector, becoming the first agency to research and develop technology maps for all areas of its management. The maps are about technologies used in the eight areas ...
Measures to promote carbon trading platform in Vietnam
After the European Union (EU), the US will be the next to take its climate fight globally with the proposal of the Clean Competition Act, which, if passed, would impose border-adjusted carbon tariffs on its carbon-intensive imports.Nguyen Vo Truong An, Deputy director of the Carbon ...
Climate, human activities identified as key causes of Mekong flow changes
The Mekong River has experienced increased dry season flow and reduced flood season flow under the impact of both climate change and water infrastructure development, a new study has found.The Mekong River Commission (MRC) and its upstream counterpart, the Lancang-Mekong Water Resources Cooperation Center (LMC ...
Minh Nga
Gov't approves more anti-erosion funds for Mekong Delta
An additional VND4 trillion (US$163.85 million) will be given to localities in the Mekong Delta to help them deal with river and coastal erosion.Since 1992 the region has lost 300-600 hectares of riverine land each year to erosion. Excessive sand mining is one of the main ...
Ngoc Truong
EU's carbon tax regime enters transitional phase
The EU’s effort to cut carbon emissions globally is going into high gear as the bloc’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) entered its transitional phase on October 1.As of October 1, the EU’s trading partners will have to report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions embedded in ...
Humans increasingly settling in high-risk flood zones, study warns
Humans are increasingly settling in areas highly exposed to dangerous flooding, particularly in China, Vietnam and Bangladesh, a study warned Wednesday (4/10). The research, led by a World Bank economist, warns that settlement growth in flood zones has vastly outpaced growth in safe areas since ...
Current exploitation rate to deplete Mekong Delta sand within 10 years: study
The Mekong Delta’s rivers could run out of sand before 2035 at the current extraction rate of 35-55 million cubic meters a year, a new study has found.The study released last week by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Vietnam said the volume ...
Thu Hang - Huy Phong
Vietnam gets US$41.2 million in emission reduction payments
Vietnam has received US$41.2 million, equivalent to 80 percent of the total funding, from the World Bank for 10.3 million tons of CO2 as a result of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions in deforestation and forest degradation until 2025.Vietnam has made strong commitments to the international ...
Vietnam provides best possible conditions for foreign NGOs: official
The Government has strongly ordered ministries, sectors, and localities to provide the best possible conditions for foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to operate effectively and stably, Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc affirmed at a conference on September 28.The conference, held in Hue city by the Ministry ...
