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Việt Nam pledges to contribute to Paris Climate Agreement
Việt Nam had set itself ambitious climate targets to contribute to the global Paris Climate Agreement it ratified in 2016.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Climate Change
Climate Change (CC) is the change in weather, and related patterns of oceans, land, surface, and ice sheets such as temperature, ice melt, and sea level rise. While CC has historically been a natural occurrence, current CC is believed to be caused by human activities ...
VITAS works with WWF to green Vietnam’s apparel sector
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) launched a project on October 26 to green Vietnam’s textile-apparel sector through improving water management and energy sustainability.Keep reading ...
Hang Tran
Wood from planted forests to replace natural forest timber
The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment’s (MONRE) 2017 found that the current total forest area has now reached 14,415,381 hectares, including 10,236,415 hectares of natural forests, an increase of 5,726 hectares over 2016.Keep reading ...
Thanh Lich
Organic fertilizer still not popular in Vietnam
Organic agricultural production has been expanding in Vietnam, but very few made-in-Vietnam organic fertilizer products are marketed. Scientists have repeatedly urged farmers to use organic fertilizer to protect the environment and ‘clean’ land, while the government has encouraged enterprises to invest in organic fertilizer production. Keep reading ...
Thanh Lich
Traffic congestion costs Hanoi $1.2bn a year
Hanoi is losing $1-1.2bn a year due to traffic congestion according to the Transport And Development Strategy Institute under the Ministry of Transport.Keep reading ...
VietnamNet Reporter
Poor ethnic households equal 52.7 per cent of VN’s total
The number of poor ethnic minority households accounts for 52.7 per cent of Vietnam’s total poor households, though the country has a total of 13.4 million ethnic minority people, accounting for 14.6% of the country’s total population. Keep reading ...
Phan Thao
Hanoi strengthens efforts to stop sex selection
Hanoi will strengthen enforcement efforts against the practice of sex selection in an effort to control the capital’s growing gender imbalance, the municipal Health Department said. According to the department, the sex ratio at birth in the city has dropped from 117.6 boys per 100 girls ...
VietnamNet Reporter
How Vietnam can walk the tightrope of US-China tensions
Vietnam faces the daunting prospect of balancing its relations with the U.S. and China as tensions escalate between the superpowers. The second October 16-17 visit by U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis to Vietnam this year attracted great attention among international experts. His first visit was ...
Viet Anh
The dark side of FDI in Vietnam
Cheating and overexploitation of workers are among the myriad of negative impacts FDI has had on Vietnam. Keep reading ...
VnExpress Reporter
