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Project proves women’s role in increasing community’s resilience to natural disasters
The Centre for Social Research and Development (CSRD) on March 29 held a workshop in the central city of Hue to summarise the results of its project on enhancing women’s role in increasing the resilience of the coastal community and eco-system in the central region ...
Joining hands for forest protection
Forests cover a third of the continent, providing essential services and making an important contribution to sustaining life on the planet. Currently, the livelihoods of more than 1.6 billion people on earth, depend on forests.Under “Vietnam’s forestry development strategy for the2021-2030 period, with a vision ...
Vu Thanh
Promoting gender equality and education for children in ethnic minority areas
The phase II of the project “We are ABLE – Promoting Gender Equality and Girls’ Education for Children in Ethnic Minority areas of Vietnam,” was launched at the Green One United Nations House in Hanoi on March 28.Phase II of the “We are ABLE” project ...
AI has important role to play in hydrometeorology: official
An official highlighted the important role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of hydrometeorology, while speaking at a webinar held by the Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration (VNMHA) on March 28.About the application of Big Data and AI to hydrometeorology, Vu Hoang Long, an advisor ...
Thang Trung
Innovative low carbon projects join climate finance accelerator Vietnam
The British Embassy in Hanoi on March 27 announced nine low carbon projects from across Vietnam as the first cohort to join Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) Vietnam.The selected projects represent diverse sectors such as renewable energy, resource/energy efficiency, e-mobility, AFOLU (agriculture, forestry and other land uses), decarbonising ...
Green economy needs no rush
For Vietnam, it is a good opportunity for domestic enterprises to become companions, to grow alongside and to develop. From a wider perspective, it should be the lifeline for the planet.The 2022 FDI report with the key topics of green growth and digital transformation released ...
Hoang Hanh, Thanh Tam
The reverse side of export growth
In recent years, Vietnam’s export revenue has soared in tandem with a rising number of lawsuits filed against local companies.In the eyes of Vietnamese businesses, the signings of 15 FTAs have minimized the use of tariff barriers for free flow trade, but it has paradoxically ...
Hung Le, Ngoc Nguyen
Vietnam gathers opinions on building voluntary national review on SDGs
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) on March 24 jointly held a consultation conference on Vietnam’s voluntary national review (VNR) on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).Vietnam conducted the VNR, a mechanism through which ...
Vietnam stresses importance of ethical standards in handling water resources
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has highlighted the need to establish a social ethical standard in relations and behaviours regarding water resources, especially transboundary water, in accordance with the principles of fairness, equality, rationality, and respect for the rights and interests of other ...
Workshop highlights importance of impact-based disaster forecasting
Impact-based forecasting and warning information plays a very important role, contributing to disaster damage reduction and socio-economic development, experts said at an international workshop in the northern province of Hoa Binh on March 22.At the workshop, the ADPC guided participants on how to build an ...
