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Mekong Delta rice projects: early wins, ongoing hurdles
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 ...
Exports could be affected by EU’s new environment policy
To reach environmental and climate goals, the EU has imposed the ESPR (Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation), commencing July 18, 2024, which is expected to have an impact on Vietnam’s key export products to the EU.According to the Vietnam Trade Office in Germany, the ESPR ...
Measures proposed to enhance circular economy in agriculture in Viet Nam
A policy dialogue on enhancing international cooperation and multi-sectoral coordination on circular economy in agriculture took place in Ha Noi on July 8.The dialogue was attended by over 100 delegates from 70 domestic and international organizations, over 20 provinces and cities nationwide. It aimed to ...
Thuy Dung
Circular agriculture a game changer for rice industry
With 40 million tonnes of straw produced yearly across the country, efficient recycling and reuse can deliver significant benefits to farmers while contributing to VN commitments made to the international community to reduce the country’s emissions.It is part of efforts to restructure the region’s production ...
Urgent action critical to mitigate risks of air pollution
Air pollution is worsening at an alarming rate, prompting a need for changes in awareness, behaviours and collective actions for everyone’s benefit, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). On average, a Vietnamese person dies of a respiratory disease due to exposure to air pollution ...
Circular economy plays important role in net-zero plan
Promoting a circular economy that contributes to the country’s net-zero commitment will bring many benefits to Vietnam and businesses. VietNamNet would like to introduce the viewpoint of Nguyen Dinh Dap, PhD, from the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS).Circular economy can help reduce business overproduction ...
Nguyen Dinh Dap
Policies needed to encourage e-commerce to embrace circular economy
Vietnam needs to develop solutions to encourage fast-paced e-commerce to embrace circular economy and reduce the dumping of plastic wastes towards protecting the environment. A recent report on plastic wastes from e-commerce by Việt Nam E-Commerce Association pointed out that e-commerce is growing rapidly with an ...
How plastic waste management affects circular economy in Can Gio
Can Gio is the coastal district of HCMC, and its extensive mangrove forests and wetlands are considered the city’s “green lung.” It is unique in also being a UNESCO world biosphere reserve, but it faces mounting pressure from urban pollution, especially plastic waste from land-based, ...
GEF helps promote low-carbon circular economy in Viet Nam
A project to accelerate low-carbon circular economy through cleantech innovation towards sustainable development has been launched in Viet NamThe project was jointly developed by the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment, under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the ...
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 ...
