Vietnamese translated by ODV

In light of climate change and the increasing frequency of extreme weather phenomena, relevant ministries must consider appropriate models for housing and educational facilities in disaster-prone areas to mitigate damage and enhance disaster response capabilities.Following the terrible losses from Typhoon Yagi, Tran Ngoc Chinh, President ...

Việt Nam’s plan to cultivate one million hectares of high-quality, low-emission rice in the Mekong Delta has yielded some early success. A comparison between project and non-project fields also reveals a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The former emits about 12 tonnes less CO2 equivalent ...

A conference held in HCM City on September 19 discussed the importance and application of digital transformation in urban management, especially traffic.The local Department of Information and Technology said the city is working towards launching several technology solutions to optimise data collection for decision making, ...

A free online e-learning platform dedicated to childcare and nutrition named Little Sun was upgraded and relaunched on Thursday.Its courses cover key topics such as maternal care during pregnancy and breastfeeding, complementary feeding, care for sick children and assessing children’s nutritional status. Based on the Ministry of ...

Vietnam is dedicated to advancing shared goals for a resilient and water-secure Southeast Asia, said Nguyen Thi Thu Linh, Director General of Vietnam National Mekong Committee as she attended a regional dialogue on water security on September 18.The Vietnamese representative also proposed key areas where ...

While sustainable production is slowly taking hold around Vietnam, interest in sustainable consumption would benefit from raising awareness about what it actually means for consumers. Financial factors and the placing of trust in the right products are crucial in the process of sustainable consumption. According to ...

Green growth and sustainable development is now an inevitable trend and a goal that all countries are striving for, including Vietnam, as it faces environmental problems heavily impacted by climate change.There remain many barriers to green credit supply. Among them, there is still a lack ...

The northern province of Bac Giang will keep focusing on effectively implementing projects, programmes, and policies to boost the development of mountainous and ethnic minority-inhabited areas, according to deputy head of the provincial Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Truong Van Bao.In the 2024-2026 period, the ...

The first Health Science Institute in the Mekong Delta is set to open in the first quarter of 2025. The institute, located in Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city, will support teaching, learning and research activities for lecturers and students in health-related fields of Nam ...

To meet global greenhouse gas emission reduction targets based on agreements reached at the COP 21 and COP 26 meetings, one key strategy proposed by the UN is the creation of carbon credit markets, both globally and within individual countries. These markets would not only ...