HCM City is proposing to raise environmental protection fees for industrial wastewater and industrial emissions to twice the rates set by the Government from 2027 and 2.5 times from 2030.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, in co-operation with HEINEKEN Vietnam, WWF-Viet Nam and local partners, have officially announced the nationwide expansion of their public-private partnership programme to conserve water resources across five key river basins in Việt Nam where the company’s breweries operate.
The project will pilot models in Núi Chúa and Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng national parks, integrate biodiversity safeguards into tourism planning and operations, and channel a share of tourism revenue back into conservation and community livelihoods.
Rare earths are strategic resources that play an important role in high-tech development, the energy transition and various modern industries. Việt Nam has significant rare earth potential, particularly deposits containing bastnasite minerals.
Sectors such as semiconductor manufacturing, nuclear power, science and advanced technologies are playing an increasingly important role in national competitiveness and economic development of each country. They also offer considerable room for Việt Nam and the RoK to expand professional exchanges, share experience and promote cooperation, particularly among their energy experts.
Amid climate change, weather and climate patterns are becoming increasingly complex, with more frequent hazardous and extreme phenomena such as heatwaves, short-duration heavy rainfall, flash floods, and landslides.
The storm is forecast to move slowly towards the southeast on Monday and could maintain force-9 winds with gusts of up to force 11, even though a landfall on Vietnamese soil is not expected.
Vietnamese scientists are combining field surveys, automated monitoring and local observations to develop village-level warnings for landslides, rockslides, debris flows and flash floods, giving mountain communities more time to evacuate before disaster strikes.
From a hotel on the Cửa Lò coast to factories in Hà Tĩnh’s industrial parks and households in the central provinces, small energy decisions are becoming part of a much larger national strategy.
Phạm Tuấn Anh, former Director of the Đắk Nông Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the ecological functions of soil had yet to be placed at the centre of policy.
Flooding must therefore be managed through an integrated approach involving water resources, urban planning and disaster-risk governance.
More than 200 riverbank erosion sites in the Mekong Delta city remain without funding, as officials press for emergency support after homes were swept into the river and roads were cut off.
Nguyễn Đỗ Anh Tuấn, director general of the Department of International Cooperation under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, said the ministry will strengthen the processing and use of agricultural by-products to produce animal feed, fertiliser, renewable energy and industrial products.
From AI flood forecasting in Đà Nẵng to low-emission rice in the Mekong Delta, Việt Nam is embedding climate preparedness into its economic development strategy.
Prime Minister Lê MInh Hưng urged authorities in provinces and cities from Quảng Trị northward, along with relevant ministries and agencies, to take urgent measures to ensure public safety and minimise damage caused by natural disasters.
In recent years, Việt Nam has implemented a range of programmes, policies and measures to protect land resources, restore ecosystems and strengthen the resilience of forests and local communities.
HCM City is speeding up investment in its solid waste transfer infrastructure, with the construction of eight fully enclosed waste transfer stations, scheduled to break ground this year to overhaul urban waste collection and transportation.
A scuba-based seagrass monitoring is part of a pilot programme on seagrass restoration and livelihood improvements in Chàm Islands Nature Reserve, funded by the World Wide Fund for Nature in Việt Nam (WWF-Vietnam).
