The main implementing agency on the Vietnamese side is the Department of Climate Change under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).
Nguyễn Quốc Trí, director general of the Việt Nam Administration of Forestry, talks to Vietnam News Agency about the dangers of forest fires during the dry season
The Tam Giang-Cầu Hai Wetlands Nature Reserve has been founded following a decision by chairman of the Thừa Thiên-Huế People’s Committee Phan Ngọc Thọ.
Nguyễn Hữu Thiện, an independent expert on Ecology in the Mekong Delta talks to the newspaper Nhân Dân (The People) on causes leading to the problem of severe salty-water intrusion in the Mekong delta region and measures on how to cope with it, in both short and long terms
A group of scientists and biological researchers from Đà Nẵng’s Teacher Training and Engineering College has developed a vetiver (Vetiveria Zizanioides) grass-based system to treat leaks at Khánh Sơn dump in the city.
The conference aimed to summarise, evaluate and propose changes to perfect the system of economic tools available for environmental protection in Việt Nam, including various taxes and fees.
Việt Nam is planning to develop a master plan on an environment and natural resource monitoring system to better prevent natural disasters and protect the environment.
The central province of Quảng Trị has approved a project funded by the EU to promote sustainable partnership between smallholder forest owners and enterprises in sustainable forest management in response to climate change.
Ecological expert Nguyễn Hữu Thiện speaks to Nông Nghiệp Việt Nam (Việt Nam’s Agriculture) newspaper on the need for clearer environmental regulations for thermopower plants in the Mekong Delta to reduce risks to the region’s aquatic resources
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta is taking steps to ensure sufficient fresh water supply for household use and agricultural production in areas affected by saltwater intrusion and drought.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Việt Nam and the Centre of Biodiversity Conservation, GreenViet, will work together on a project to protect the gray-shanked douc langurs in the central province’s Núi Thành district in 2020.
Trần Văn Cường has been nicknamed "rubbish Cường" or "crazy guy" thanks to his efforts.
The level of saltwater intrusion in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta has reached the same high level recorded in the 2015 – 16 dry season, but the damages to farming areas are expected to be less serious as authorities and farmers have taken measures to cope with the situation in the 2019 - 20 dry season.
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