Environment

The Prime Minister has approved the allocation of VND3,000 billion or US$140.6 million from the State budget in 2015 for climate change projects.

Energy efficiency solutions in construction and increasing the number of green buildings were a focus of an international workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on January 16 about building a city of low-carbon emission.

Afforestation and the development of wood products for the domestic market and export has become an effective production method, helping millions of famers in mountainous areas improve their lives.

In response to the “Earth Hour” campaign which will take place from 20.30 to 21.30 pm on March 28, a launching ceremony of “Turn off the lights, turn on the ideas 2015″ contest and “I ride a bike today”

The exponential growth of the information technology industry in recent years is posing a significant risk to the environment, as the disposal of electronic equipment waste rapidly expands.

A project to replace 500 old air conditioners with ones equipped with inverter technology at HCM City-based 115 People's Hospital began on Thursday as part of a green-hospital model in Vietnam.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho planned to move 2,514 households residing in erosion-prone areas to safer places before 2020, said Pham Van Quynh, director of the Municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

A fertilizer plant in Bac Giang Province has been accused of seriously polluting a local river, causing a mass die-off of fish and threating the health of the local populace.

The Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee has issued a decision on a VND97.8 billion investment to build a clean water supply facility in Trung Hoa commune, Truong Yen, Chuong My district to help people in the outlaying district access clean water.

As many as 2,000 copies of posters and calendars to highlight the importance of Owston's civet conservation in Vietnam have been distributed to forest protection departments in 63 provinces and cities and 20 offices working in nature conservation throughout

HCM City has devised several solutions to adapt to global warming and achieve green growth and sustainable development by 2020, including a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by 2 to 3 per cent per year.

Nineteen localities in the country are on high alert for forest fires due to prolonged dry weather, the agriculture and rural development ministry's Vietnam Administration for Forestry warned.

A nature conservation centre in Danang City has organised education trips for students to learn about wild animals in local forests.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) announced the top ten events of the sector in 2014 as follow:

The Vietnamese Government has paid great effort to improve environment improvement capacity and the quality of life for citizens.

Japan and Greater Mekong Sub-region countries have agreed to step up cooperation in improving urban environment in the Mekong region while continuing to pursue their economic growth targets.

The World Bank (WB)’s Board of Executive Directors on December 24 approved US$450 million in loans and credits to Second Ho Chi Minh City Environmental Sanitation Project.

Reservoir maintenance, water resource management and natural calamity mitigation were discussed by Japanese and domestic experts at a workshop on irrigation system management on December 23 in Hanoi.

Integration of climate-change adaption strategies into policy development, especially at the community level, is needed to cope with weather changes in Vietnam's coastal areas, speakers urged at a workshop held in Can Gio last week.