SDG 11 Sustainable cities and communities

As many as 4,966 safe and solid houses were built for more than 25,000 people in areas frequently hit by storms and floods during the past seven years. These houses not only protect people’s lives and property, but also become a model that is integrated ...

Green urban development is a substantial global trend, aiming to ease the impact of socio-economic development on the environment and move towards sustainable development. At the Sustainable Green Urban Development Forum organised by the Economic and Urban Newspaper on December 12, experts and managers discussed challenges ...

Currently, many residential areas nationwide are threatened by the risk of natural disasters, even having to relocate to new places. Many resettlement areas have been established, somehow changing the inherent cultural structure of the village community and leading to the loss or interruption of indigenous cultural ...

The Dong Thap Provincial People’s Committee, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, yesterday hosted the opening ceremony of the second Mekong Delta Startup Forum in 2024.The forum is poised to serve as a significant milestone, marking a transformation for Dong Thap ...

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on November 8 signed Decision No. 1352/QD-TTg, approving the National Biodiversity Conservation Plan for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050. The plan aims to expand protected areas to 6.6 million ha through the establishment of 61 new ...

The Mekong Delta is to become a region of comprehensive development, modern and uniform infrastructure system, and dynamic economic growth under the Poliburo’s resolution on the region’s socioeconomic development to 2045.In its planning, Long An set the target to become a dynamic economic hub in ...

Building smart cities in VN faces many challenges, although technology businesses have tried their best to accompany localities in orientation, planning and building, heard attendees at the VN-Asia Smart City Summit 2023.According to Trương Gia Bình, Chairman of VINASA’s Founding Council, the biggest challenge for ...

The management board of Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark said since 2011 experts at the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network (GGN) have discussed entry fee collection and financial autonomy for the tourism site. A report showed that about 65 percent of travelers to the province would visit ...

Participants at a national workshop in Hanoi on March 7 sought ways to help raise the climate resilience of Vietnam’s urban centers, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and protect the environment.Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Tuong Van stressed the significance of the Politburo’s Resolution No. 06-NQ/TW ...

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has signed a decision to approve the general planning scheme of the Cuu Long (Mekong) river basin for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050.The planning scheme aims to ensure water security in the river basin, and reserve, ...