Vietnam will need about US$400 billion from now to 2040 to effectively respond to climate change, according to the Climate Change Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
Coastal provinces in the south-central region like Quang Ngai, Phu Yen and Binh Dinh have been busily tackling plastic waste in a bid to protect their marine environment.
In addition to identifying the prioritized agricultural production sectors in the order of aquaculture, fruit trees, and rice, many resources have been invested in the Mekong Delta to cope with the issues caused by climate change.
Over 15 years ago, some farmers from Bac Lieu and Ca Mau provinces began cultivating shrimps on Vinh Thuan alkaline soil in Kien Giang Province. It took approximately 5-6 years for shrimp farming to become stable in the area.
The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, the Central Propaganda and Education Committee, the Government Office, the Party Committees of HCMC and Vinh Long Province on November 22 jointly organized a national-level scientific conference on the late Prime Minister (PM) Vo Van Kiet on the occasion of his 100th birth anniversary (November 23).
The Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City and Seoul National University (Korea) have just implemented the project ‘Strengthening higher education in agriculture at Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City’ to train highly qualified human resources for agriculture sector.
An official welcome ceremony was held for Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam was held at the Invalides Palace, Paris, on November 3 afternoon (local time).
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) yesterday kicked off the summary conference of the project for adaptation to climate change in the Mekong Delta (AMD) project in Ben Tre, known as AMD Ben Tre.
Vietnam is a country vulnerable to the effects of climate change and as such, it considers adaptation a mandatory requirement to survive, said an official of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).
Green Technology Center Korea (GTC-K) and Center of Regional and Urban Studies (CRUS) signed the Memorandum of Understanding to establish cooperative relationship in the fields of environmental protection, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and urban development on the 19th February 2018 at the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the Republic of Korea in Seoul.