Global climate change and the El-Nino phenomenon have raised the risk of epidemic outbreaks if precautious measures are not properly taken, said a health official. Truong Dinh Bac, Deputy Director of the General Department of Preventive Medicine,...
Farms and rice fields in the two vast deltas of Vietnam are forecast to be seriously exhausted in the coming years as an impact of the shortage of water in rivers. It will be further exacerbated by the intrusion of salt water into the Hong River...
Seawater has been progressively encroaching on land in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, causing severe landslides in coastal areas, according to a field survey by a delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on...
Vietnam, the Netherlands and the World Bank have issued a joint statement calling for global support to the Southeast Asian nation in coping with climate change in its Mekong Delta, state media reported. The joint statement was made at the end of a...
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung announced that the nation will contribute $1 million to the Green Climate Fund from 2016-2020 as the country’s commitment to joining global efforts to cope with climate change. Dung made this announcement at...
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) can assist Vietnam in sustainable urban development and climate change response in the Mekong Delta, said CEO and Chairwoman Naoko Ishii at a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Paris on...
The European Commission (EC)’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) has provided EUR14 million for 41 disaster preparedness and risk reduction projects in Vietnam over the past 17 years. The projects have been carried out by the...
The Norwegian Church Aid will continue working closely with the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment as well as religions in protecting the environment and responding to climate change response. Norwegian...
Industrial parks nationwide discharge more than a million cubic metres of wastewater each day, 75% of which is untreated and harmful, according to a workshop held in Hanoi on December 1. Over 1 mln cu.m of industrial wastewater dumped everyday in...
The number of students suffering from short-sightedness and other problems has reached 32.43% of total students in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi as schools are do not ensure enough light for students, according to survey by the National Institute...
