20 Feb 21 Vietnam Investment Review Source Soc Trang province's efforts to improve its business climate is paying off with more and more investors, both domestic and foreign, coming since 2016. Hanoi – Soc Trang province's efforts to improve its business climate is paying off with more and...
Ministry to seek feedback on draft National Action Plan on Climate Change Response
06 Feb 21 Vietnamplus Source Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) to solicit feedback from relevant agencies on the draft of the National Action Plan on Climate Change Response from 2021-2030, according to an official letter f...
Measures needed to make Mekong Delta adaptive to climate change
08 Feb 21 Vietnamplus Source It is essential to promote sustainable development of the Mekong Delta in the direction of effectively adapting to climate change, given the region's strategic position in national socio-economic development and security defence, experts have said HCM City (VN...
Water shortages, climate change linked to saline intrusion in Mekong Delta
3rd Feb 2021 Vietnamnet Source The most severe saline intrusion - the movement of ocean saltwater into riverine freshwater - is said to occur in the Mekong Delta region from February 8 to 16, coinciding with the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, since Chinese hydro-power plants have reduced t...
Kien Giang overcomes difficulties, finishes year successfully
31 Dec 20 Vietnamplus Source Despite the serious impact of COVID-19, drought, and saline intrusion, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang exerted every effort to overcome the difficulties and post economic growth of over 3 percent in 2020. Kien Giang (VNA) - Despite the serious impact o...
Tiền Giang shifts to high-value crops to adapt to climate change
24 Dec 20 Vietnamnews Source TIỀN GIANG — The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang plans to turn 7,700ha of unproductive rice fields into high-value crops to adapt to climate change and natural disasters in the 2020-25 period. The province, which is the country's largest fruit p...
Investing in resilience to erratic future
22 Dec 20 Vietnam Investment Review Source As the tides of catastrophe recede, leaving Central Vietnam and indeed the entire country turned on its head by a raging pandemic and natural disasters, the need to rebuild emerges stronger than ever. Dao Xuan Lai, assistant resident representati...
Mekong Delta sees positive results from climate-change adaptation measures
19 Dec 20 Vietnamnews Source HCM CITY — The Government's Decision No 120 on the sustainable development of the Mekong Delta through climate-change adaptation has seen positive results after three years of implementation, experts said on Wednesday during an online meeting on the Government...
HCM City drafts 10-year climate change response plan
HCM City is working on a climate change response plan to be carried out between 2021 and 2030, with a vision to 2050. — Photo courtesy of plo.vn 18 Dec 20 Vietnamnew Source HCM CITY — HCM City has drafted a long-term plan to combat the detrimental effects of climate change. The HCM City De...
Project to build resilience, sustainable settlement in Mekong Delta
16 Dec 20 Vietnamplus Source Hanoi (VNA) – A plan for the implementation of a project on "Enhancing the resilience inclusive and sustainable eco-human settlement development through small-scale infrastructure interventions in the coastal regions of the in Mekong Delta" was discussed at a ...
Mekong Delta to adopt 'integrated regional plan' on sustainable development
s 30 Nov 20 Vietnamnews Source HCM CITY — An integrated regional plan on improving infrastructure to attract investment and tackle climate change will be key to "inclusive growth and sustainable development" in the Mekong Delta region, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Trần Quốc P...
HCM City to improve solutions to climate change response
28 Nov 20 Vietnamnews Source HCM CITY — HCM City will assess the relationship between the factors that cause climate change and its socio-economic plans to develop long-term responses. Nguyễn Thị Thanh Mỹ, deputy director of the city Department of Natural Resources and Environment, ...
Cà Mau Province suffers $46m losses from natural disasters in 2020
24 Nov 20 Vietnamnews Source CÀ MAU – Natural disasters have caused losses worth VNĐ1.06 trillion (US$46 million) in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Cà Mau this year, destroying public infrastructure, houses and crops, according to the local Steering Committee for Natural Di...
Can Tho, EU forge cooperation in climate change response
23 Nov 20 Vietnamplus Source Leaders of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and the EU Delegation to Vietnam on November 23 shared a hope for multilateral cooperation in climate change response Hanoi (VNA) – Leaders of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and the EU Delegation to Vietnam on Nove...
HCM City makes plans to adapt to climate change
19 Nov 20 Vietnamnet Source As one of the cities affected by climate change, Ho Chi Minh City has for many years been making plans to cope with it HCM City (VNS/VNA) - As one of the cities affected by climate change, Ho Chi Minh City has for many years been making plans to cope with it.Du...