Việt Nam News

Netherlands ready to assist Việt Nam in offshore sand mining, groundwater management, and mineral exploitation.

Catherine Stewart, Climate Change Ambassador of Canada, talked to Việt Nam News reporter Nguyễn Hằng during her recent visit about Canada’s plans to support Việt Nam to adapt to climate change as well as in implementing the green transition process in the future.

Most of the drought-hit forests are located in the areas of the U Minh Hạ Forestry Company, the U Minh Hạ National Park, the forest protection unit of Hòn Khoai Island, and U Minh and Trần Văn Thời Districts.

WEC Vietnam has launched a series of projects themed “Eternal green – Offsetting carbon footprint”.

The involvement of young individuals in the efforts to protect wildlife has played a significant role in moving Việt Nam closer to the goal of ending the practice of illegally keeping bears.

An exhibition on biodiversity and a meeting in response to a campaign on acting for wildlife opened in the central province of Quảng Nam

Urbanisation prevents rainwater from infiltrating the ground and makes it run into drainage systems where it mixes with wastewater and flows into the water bodies.

The Mekong Delta and its islands are home to 70 per cent of Việt Nam's mangroves and 90 per cent of its seagrass beds.

Preventing biodiversity loss in Việt Nam not only fulfills national targets but also contributes to achieving global goals.

People are demanding that local authorities take action to investigate the facility’s operation and waste treatment amid rising health concerns.

These cooperation and innovation efforts will contribute to a global treaty to end plastic pollution, which is expected to be finalised in 2024. 

The experience shared at the workshop was expected to help Việt Nam complete its Draft Law on Geology and Minerals which will be submitted to the NA for consideration in the coming time

Saltwater intrusion up rivers is estimated to affect 29,260ha of rice sown in areas not zoned for the crop in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta as the region enters the peak dry season.

The project's overall goal is to enable Việt Nam and Lao PDR to address freshwater resource management and ecosystem health in the transboundary Mã and Neun-Cả river basins and coastal zones by creating an enabling environment for transboundary cooperation and action.

The plan also requires integrating noise monitoring at 216 stations and initiating the establishment of an automated mercury monitoring network.

The industrial parks and craft villages bring high income, but local people are facing heavy pollution.

The primary tasks involve reviewing and improving legal documents, procedures and technical regulations for tasks related to zoning and early warning of natural disasters such as landslides and floods.

A workshop on promotion of the contribution of informal waste workers (IWWs) in reducing solid waste and discussion in Việt Nam’s preparations for the ongoing Global Plastic Treaty’s negotiation was held in the ancient town in collaboration with UNDP Việt Nam, the Gender and Social Inclusion Task Force of the National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP), and IUCN Viet Nam (through the IUCN-PRO Việt Nam strategic partnership),