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Slow adaptation to climate change results in serious consequences
Slow adaptation to climate change in the Mekong Delta results in serious consequences as the meteorological agency forecast that the 2024 dry season will last until the end of May, and people in the region will suffer more losses. As of mid-March 2024, more than ...
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Vietnam eats forests by planting large timber forests to sell carbon credits
In the story ‘We Have Eaten The Forest’ of a Montagnard village in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, ethnologist Georges Condominas tells about the ancient way of ‘eating the forest’, which is to preserve the forest culturally. Nowadays, the descendants of characters in the story ...
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Indigenous knowledge of forest turned into profit
Scientists assess that indigenous knowledge and forest resources along the Truong Son mountain range are significantly potential for its development if utilized properly. Moreover, today’s youth are also becoming interested in the indigenous knowledge when visiting forests, thereby spreading the message of forest protection further.As ...
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WB's 51.5-million-USD payment helping Vietnam reduce emissions
Vietnam has received a 51.5-million-USD payment for verified emissions reductions (carbon credits) for reducing deforestation and forest degradation (commonly known as REDD+) and for enhancing carbon stored in forests through reforestation and afforestation.This makes Vietnam the first country in the East Asia-Pacific to receive a ...
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Strengthening forest management, protection and development
On March 8, the Government issued Resolution No. 29/NQ-CP on Action Programme to implement Conclusion No.61-KL/TW, dated August 17, 2023, of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on continuing to implement Directive No.13-CT/TW, dated January 12, 2017, of the Secretariat on strengthening the Party’s leadership in ...
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Opportunities in Applying Digital Solutions to Plastic Waste Management in Viet Nam
An Asian Development Bank-supported study explores technological solutions for addressing the plastic pollution problem in Asia, focusing on Viet Nam.The study selected three digital applications with the highest potential for development and scale-up based on their ability to involve all key stakeholders, including the informal ...
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Poverty, Economic growth, Jobs, Road quality, and Corruption top concerns of Vietnamese citizens: 2022 PAPI
Headlined by a rebound in citizens’ economic optimism that contrasts with still visible scarring from the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2022 Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) Report, released on 12th April 2023, also provides an important temperate check on government performance two years ...
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UNDP: Vietnam SDG Investor Map 2022
The Vietnam Investor Map has been developed through research and a consultative process with 30 government stakeholders, think tanks, enterprises, and leading impact and commercial investors to produce tangible market intelligence. Such insights provide tangible investment opportunities that lie at the intersection of government policy ...