Environment and natural resources
Software to monitor forest protection tasks proves effective
By using proper software, forest management boards have been able to track the performance and progress of their staff in forest protection tasks.More importantly, the images taken by forest rangers at different locations in the assigned forest areas help the forest managers have a more ...
Vietnam acts early to better disaster management
The National Week for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control in 2024 is taking place across Vietnam from May 17-22 under the theme of “Anticipatory action – a proactive approach to disaster management”, with an aim to raise the community’s capacity and the responsibility of all ...
Experts warn of subsidence in HCMC below sea level
Experts warned that Ho Chi Minh City is highly likely to gradually sink below sea level and will not be far away without timely preventive solutions.Subsidence occurs both because of human activity (groundwater extraction, mining, drilling/fracking for oil and natural gas, and urban development) and ...
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Viet Nam, Japan sign MoU on forest management cooperation
Viet Nam and Japan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in forest management. The document was inked by Director of the Department of Forestry Tran Quang Bao and Director General of the Japanese Forestry Agency Aoyama Toyohisa in Tokyo, Japan.Accordingly, both nations will work ...
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Centre opened to serve environmental data integration, monitoring network operation
A national centre for information – data integration and processing and environmental monitoring network operation was unveiled by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in Hanoi on May 14.The centre is managed and run by the Northern Centre for Environmental Monitoring under the ministry’s ...
Environmental audit to be effective management tool in Vietnam
An environmental audit is well established in countries with modern industries, but is very new to developing countries including Vietnam.According to the Vietnam Environmental and Marine Sciences Institute (VISI) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), such an audit aims to determine the ...
Deputy PM urges more accurate, timely forecast to minimise damage from natural disasters
Diversifying communications methods to enhance public awareness of natural disaster prevention and control, and ensuring accurate and timely forecast are among solutions to minimise damage caused by natural disasters, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang said while chairing a national conference on natural disaster prevention ...
Building carbon credit management mechanisms crucial: PM
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasised the urgent need to develop a carbon market and carbon credit management mechanisms in his recently-issued directive.In Vietnam, since the mid-2000s, many businesses have rolled out carbon credit programmes and projects, notably those under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). ...
Vietnam supports global agreement on plastic pollution
A delegation of Vietnamese negotiators joined those from 176 countries worldwide at the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) on plastic waste in Ottawa, Canada, on April 23. This session is to work towards finalising an agreement on a global treaty to eliminate ...
Policies needed to encourage e-commerce to embrace circular economy
Vietnam needs to develop solutions to encourage fast-paced e-commerce to embrace circular economy and reduce the dumping of plastic wastes towards protecting the environment. A recent report on plastic wastes from e-commerce by Việt Nam E-Commerce Association pointed out that e-commerce is growing rapidly with an ...
