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Vietnam lacks agricultural engineers
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s strategy of sustainable agricultural and rural development from 2021 to 2030 with the vision to 2050 is targeted at the agricultural sector’s Gross Domestic Product growth rate at 2.5 percent-3 percent a year and the labor productivity growth ...
Forum highlights sustainable forest governance, timber trade monitoring
The Centre for Sustainable Rural Development (SRD) and the Vietnam Administration of Forestry co-organised a forum on sustainable forest governance and timber trade monitoring in Hanoi on August 22. It is one of the annual activities aiming to promote the efficiency of forest governance and ...
Vietnam reviews greenhouse gas emissions since 2010
Vietnam has reviewed greenhouse gas emissions since 2010. However, due to the lack of requirements for reporting and assessing results, the data on emission reduction has yet to be fully compiled.The results showed that Vietnam recorded 150.9 million tonnes of CO2eq in 2000, 264.2 million ...
Workshop seeks to create shared value for climate change adaptation
Song Foundation, a Vietnamese non-profit supporting sustainable living communities, on August 16 held a workshop seeking the way to create shared value for climate change adaptation, with climate change experts and business representatives taking part.Opinions at the event suggested that more investment should be poured ...
Vietnam needs $8 bln-$14 bln power investment a year through 2030
Vietnam will need investment of between $8 billion and $14 billion a year through to 2030 to develop new power plants and expand its grid, its deputy industry minister said on Wednesday. Of the amount, 75% would be spent on new power plants, with priority ...
Forest covers 42.02% of Vietnam’s total area by end of 2021
Vietnam had 14,745,201 ha of forest area, of which 10,171,757 ha are natural forests and 4,573,444 ha are planted ones, including open canopy forests, as of December 1, 2021, according to a decision announced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.The total area of ...
Ethnic community gives farming a face-lift
Around 30km from the road of Gia Nghĩa township in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông Province, a community of 41 ethnic groups in Quảng Sơn Commune has been building high-valued farms with exportable crops at Dano Farm – the first ‘green’ agro-forestry co-operative of a multi-ethnic community.Ethnic groups in ...
National Strategy on Climate Change for 2050 approved
Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has signed a decision approving the National Strategy on Climate Change for 2050. The overall objective of the strategy, set out in Decision 896/QD-TTg, is to proactively and effectively adapt to climate change, reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net ...
Efforts accelerate the implementation of COP26 commitments
In recent time, the Government and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, along with other ministries, branches, localities and businesses, have actively implemented solutions to fulfil Vietnam’s commitment to net zero emissions by 2050 at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the ...
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Efforts invested in poverty alleviation in ethnic minority communities in central region
Thanks to the support from the State and efforts made by local authorities, many poor households in the central region have gradually gotten out of poverty.Quang Nam province is home to more than 140,000 ethnic minority people, accounting for 9.4% of the total population, bigger ...
