Việt Nam News

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),

The Chính Phủ (Government) newspaper discussed with various experts, speakers, and business representatives on the role of awareness-raising and encouraging actions towards green growth (GG).

Bảo Minh Insurance and Australian insurtech firm Hillridge have entered into a partnership to offer parametric Typhoon Index Insurance, a new product in Việt Nam that will protect farmers from the country’s devastating typhoons.

Deputy Prime Minister Trần Hồng Hà received foreign scientists who recently participated in the 4th International Conference on Environmental Pollution, Restoration, and Management (ICEPORM 2024).

The biodiversity education course would help create a generation of conservation human resources for Đà Nẵng in the future, and school students will have an opportunity to study the beauty of nature.

Việt Nam is set to transfer to the forest financing organisation 5.15 million tonnes of carbon dioxide that cost at least $10 per tonne in the 2022-2026 period.

Local authorities and ethnic groups living in six mountainous communes 70km west of Quảng Ngãi City – have been struggling with conservation in the last and natural-remaining forest area, aiming to save the primates from extinction and ensure a ‘green lung' in the province.

Research findings from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology reveal that Việt Nam currently generates approximately 100,000 tonnes of electronic waste annually, mainly consisting of household appliances, electronics and office equipment.

A project on developing multi-use values of the forest ecosystem to 2030, with a vision to 2050, has been approved.