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US, Cần Thơ and An Giang launch effort to prepare for climate change-Induced public health threats

The initiative will pilot provincial-level models that strengthen the climate change-related “One Health” response across the human, animal and environmental health disciplines and will include working with local businesses and women's unions.

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Environmental pollution remains big challenge for Hà Nội

As one of the two major economic and political centres, Hà Nội is busy with people and businesses, but that infrastructure overload, along with rapid urbanisation, causes serious environmental pollution.

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Labour-intensive removal efforts to stop snaring crisis in the Southeast Asia

Labour-intensive removal efforts brought snaring down by almost 40 percent and therefore reduced imminent threats to wildlife, 11 years of data from ranger patrols in the Thừa Thiên Huế and Quảng Nam Saola Nature Reserves in central Việt Nam showed.

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WWF hosts seminar on nature-based solutions for central Trường Sơn region

Participants engaged in discussions on the initiative itself, along with potential NbS applications and development strategies for the Central Trường Sơn region.

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Ninh Thuận to build irrigation projects to combat climate change

The Ninh Thuận Province will build a project to combat drought, erosion and flooding to adapt to climate change with an investment of over 37 million euros (US$40.4 million) funded by the French Development Agency (AFD).

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Project of reviving aquatic resources in Thừa Thiên-Huế will miss deadline

Eight years ago, a major marine environmental incident occurred in the central region, seriously affecting the marine flora and fauna of many localities, including Thừa Thiên-Huế Province.

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Đồng Tháp Mười wetland to make breakthrough for sustainable development

Nearly 50 years after the country was completely unified, thanks to policies from central and local authorities, Đồng Tháp Mười has become a wealthy area.

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Việt Nam secures double benefit from fighting desertification

The desert area in Việt Nam is considerable but with the implementation of fundamental and strategic land protection measures, such as afforestation, land use and farming incomes are both improving.

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Endangered python released into wild in central Việt Nam

Phan Đại Thắng, a local who voluntarily brought the python to the authorities, said after buying it from the market, he learnt that it is a rare one needing strict protection.