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ASEAN welcomes Bái Tử Long National Park, Việt Nam as 38th ASEAN Heritage Park

09/01/2018

Endowed with unique ecosystems of marine and terrestrial mountain lands, limestone mountains, islets and diverse fauna and flora, the Bái Tử Long National Park (BTLNP) joined the network of Asean Heritage Parks (AHPs) - the best of the best protected areas that preserve a complete spectrum of representative ecosystems in the Southeast Asian region.
Red River Ecological Tourism Development Potential

09/01/2018

The Red River, the section running through Hà Nội with a length of 100 km, through many years of sediment accretion, creates mudflats and dunes. Of which, mudflats (Phúc Tân, Phúc Xá wards); middle islands (Liên Hồng, Liên Hà communes, Long Biên bridge foot and rocky dunes (Nhật Tân). By now, sand dunes and mudflats are the habitats of agriculture residents, creating semi-natural agriculture ecosy...
China to protect areas of high ecological importance identified by researchers

09/01/2018

Scientists have determined ecologically valuable areas within China. The country plans to protect these areas as part of an ecological initiative.
3 Ways to Help Countries Transition to Sustainable Development

09/01/2018

The 2015 Paris climate change conference was a momentous political outcome as more than 190 nations have committed to take action on climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and becoming more resilient to climate impacts.
Green growth: Not as expensive as you think

09/01/2018

“A green economy does not mean a major trade-off between growth and sustainability”
Essen - European Green Capital 2017

09/01/2018

In 2017, Essen takes centre stage in the promotion of environmentally friendly urban living in Europe. The European Green Capital Award honours its remarkable success in dealing with the environmental legacy of an economy once dominated by coal and steel, and its transition to a green city 'fit for life'.
Models of green growth city and sustainable development index

09/01/2018

Within the high level officials meeting of the Asia - Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2017, which was recently organized in Hà Nội, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn and Vice Minister of Construction Phan Thị Mỹ Linh co-chaired the APEC 2017 Dialogue on sustainable urbanization. The forum focused on discussing important issues of the sustainable urbanization in order to propose po...
United Nations Declares War on Ocean Plastic

09/01/2018

United Nations Environment launched on Feb 23, 2017 an unprecedented global campaign to eliminate major sources of marine litter: microplastics in cosmetics and the excessive, wasteful usage of single-use plastic by the year 2022.
ASEAN and EU launch 40th anniversary of partnership Commit to new programmes on environment

09/01/2018

In the framework of the annual review of European Union and ASEAN cooperation, known as the Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC), the EU and ASEAN marked the beginning of a year dedicated to the 40th anniversary of their dialogue relations with the start of new cooperation programmes and a youth photo exhibition. The event highlighted the recent signature of two new EU-ASEAN programmes on sustainable...
Vietnamese Sustainable Business Ranking Programme 2017 Opportunity to draw investment and cooperatio...

09/01/2018

Following the successful Vietnamese Sustainable Business Ranking Programme 2016, the 2017 programme award will be held in December. The annual programme is organized to honour enterprises that take the lead and make achievements in the field of environmental protection. On this occasion, the Vietnam Environment Administration Magazine (VEM) has talked to Mr. Nguyễn Quang Vinh, Deputy Secretary-Gen...
Việt Nam hopes for more support from UN Environment

09/01/2018

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng met Director of the UN Environment Programme Erik Solheim in Hà Nội on August 8, during which he proposed that the UN Environment continue supporting Việt Nam in reviewing, revising and completing laws and policies related to environment.
Japan continues to strongly support Việt Nam on environmental protection and responding to climate c...

09/01/2018

This is one of the important issues highlighted in the Joint Declaration of the Vietnam-Japan strategic partnership. This statement was given on the occasion of visit of Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyễn Xuân Phúc to Japan from 4 - 8 June 2017.