HCM City urbanisation efforts need detail planning: official

24 March 21 Vietnamnews Source Hoàng Minh Trí, former Director of the HCM City Institute of Urban Planning, talks to Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) newspaper about the need to have specific planning for the city's path to urbanisation Do you have any comments on HCM City's plan to upgrade so...

Ministry of Construction plans to expand HCM City drainage system

24 March 21 Vietnamnews Source HCM CITY — The Ministry of Construction has submitted to the Government for approval plans to triple the length of HCM City's drainage network. The existing network, built in 2001, is 650 square kilometres, and the ministry wants to expand it to 2,095sq.km to deal...

Mekong Delta needs 16.5 billion USD to foster sustainable development

 23 March 21 Vietnamplus Source The Mekong Delta needs 338 trillion VND (16.5 billion USD) in the next five years to upgrade its traffic infrastructure, improve water storage and mitigate riverbank and coastal erosion. HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The Mekong Delta needs 338 trillion VND (16.5 bill...

Polluted Dong Nai River basin needs co-ordinated clean-up

14 March 21 Vietnamnet Source Concerted efforts are needed by Ho Chi Minh City and the 10 provinces in the Dong Nai River basin to improve management of water resources and protect the environment, experts have said Dr Phung Chi Sy, vice chairman of the Vietnam Association for the Protection of Natu...

PM Hosts Conference on Climate-resilient Development Of Mekong Delta

 13 March 2021 news. chinhphu Source VGP - The 3rd conference on climate-resilient and sustainable development of the Mekong Delta is taking place in Can Tho City this morning. 11:20 AM Concluding the Conference, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc spoke highly of the ideas and reports present...

Saltwater intrusion to affect crops in Mekong Delta, farmers take preventive measures

12 March 21 Vietnamnews Source HCM CITY – Saltwater intrusion will affect about 40,000ha of fruits and 5,000ha of rice in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta this month, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Irrigation Department. The fruit areas are in Tiền Giang, Bến Tre, Vĩnh L...

Japan supports Vietnam in building legal regulations on waste management

11 March 21 Vietnamnet Source Cooperation in waste management and the building of emission-free circular economy was highlighted at the third meeting of the Joint Committee of Vietnam's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and Japan's Ministry of the Environment. According to the Vi...

Word Bank, Green Climate Fund provide Việt Nam with $86.3 million to spur energy efficiency investments

 09 March 21 Vietnamnews Source HÀ NỘI — The World Bank, acting on behalf of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), has signed a grant worth US$11.3 million with the State Bank of Việt Nam to support the development of a commercial financing market for industrial energy efficiency investments. The ...

Agricultural co-operatives benefit hugely from investment in technology: experts

06 March 21 Vietnamnews Source HCM CITY – Many agricultural cooperatives have achieved high safety standards and quality in recent years thanks to their increasing adoption of technology, enabling them to achieve sustainability and improve farmers' incomes. According to Lâm Ngọc Tuấn, chairman of th...

Mekong Delta faces peak saltwater intrusion in March, April

04 March 21 Vietnamnews Source HCM CITY — Saltwater intrusion in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta will continue to increase in March and April, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting. The peak of saltwater intrusion will occur during high tide on March 12 -16, March 27 – ...

Report :Towards Urban Resilience and Economic Growth in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta (3/ 2021)

 On the first day of March 2021, World Bank just published the newest analysis report for seven secondary cities in Mekong Region (Bac Lieu, Ben Tre, Long Xuyen, Soc Trang, Tan An, Vi Thanh, Vinh Long). The study is apart of World Bank support Vietnam government in development policy operation ...

Innovations to implement Việt Nam’s climate change targets

26 Feb 21 Vietnamnews Source HÀ NỘI — Youth Union members and young people, as Việt Nam's future leaders, play an important role to implement the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) targets, said Phạm Văn Tấn, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Climate Change under the Ministry of N...

Zero waste systems could create more than 18,000 jobs in HCM City

 6 Feb 21 Vietnamnews Source HCM CITY — HCM City could create more than 18,000 new jobs if the city were to recover 80 per cent of recyclable and organic material in its waste stream, a new study has revealed. The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) said its new study shows...

UK investors keen to participate in renewable energy in VN

 26 Feb 21 Vietnamnews Source HÀ NỘI — Investors from the UK were showing significant interest in investing in renewable energy projects in Việt Nam, especially wind power, expecting the Vietnamese Government to introduce long-term support policies as well as simplification of procedures f...

PM proposes measures to galvanise int’l efforts to address climate-related risks to peace, security

24 Feb 21 Vietnam Investment Review Source Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended and delivered remarks at an open debate of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on addressing climate-related risks to international peace and security, which was held in the form of video conferencing on February 23. Prim...