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Environmental management innovation needed to reduce pollution

The environment is suffering great pressure from socio-economic activities with an increase in environmental pollution in both quantity and scale, calling for more effective solutions to handle the issue.

Việt Nam eyes raising average floor area per person Việt Nam is looking to increase the average housing floor area per person to 27sq.m by 2025, in which the floor area per person will be 28sq.m in urban areas, and 26sq.m in rural areas.

Tết support given to struggling workers, people in need Several groups of people, including more than 200 children, middle-aged and elderly people as well as 38 disadvantaged students and families, from the Cơ Tu ethnic group in Tây Giang District have received warm clothes and blankets from the Lifestart Foundation.

Poor families in central region get Tết gifts A Tết gift-giving programme ‘Cherishing the homey taste of Tết’ has delivered gifts to 7,500 underprivileged families in the central provinces of Thanh Hóa, Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, Thừa Thiên Huế, Đà Nẵng, Quảng Nam and Quảng Ngãi.

Provinces ready to cope with Rai typhoon Typhoon Rai, the ninth typhoon of this year, is forecast to reach the northwest of the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) Archipelago at 10 am on Monday with wind speeds of 120-150kph, said the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Mekong fishermen struggle to survive

Our data-driven investigation shows that local communities in the Mekong Delta are struggling to find a way out, as fishing, their main livelihood, can no longer guarantee them a sustainable future.

Coastal provinces ban vessels from going to sea ahead of typhoon Rai Coastal provinces have started to ban vessels going out to sea to ensure safety ahead of typhoon Rai. 

All coastal localities told to urgently deploy measures to prepare for typhoon Rai

All coastal localities and ministries have been told to urgently deploy measures to prepare for the arrival of typhoon Rai, which is heading to the East Sea with wind speeds of 150-165km per hour near the eye of the storm.

Community houses - flood shelters and learning places Solid community buildings in the central province of Hà Tĩnh not only provide safe shelters for residents during floods but have also become places for learning and relaxing.