04/08/2016
Việt Nam has a diverse wetland ecosystem, distributing mostly in the Red River Delta and the Mekong River Delta, along more than 3,260km coastline and in some islands of diverse ecosystems. In 2015, the Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) recognized Lang Sen Wetland Reserve and U Minh Thuong National Park as the 7th and 8th Ramsar Sites respect...
04/08/2016
Chu Yang Sin National Park is located in Đắk Lắk province, established according to Decision no. 92/2002/QD-TTg by the Prime Minister on converting the Chu Yang Sin Nature Reserve to the Chu Yang Sin National Park with main tasks of protection of forest ecosystems and conservation of rare and threatened flora and fauna. The total area of the National Park is 58,947 ha, consisting of three function...
04/08/2016
Hung King historical relic site located in Nghĩa Linh Mountain, ancient Phong Châu area, now is in the location of Hy Cương commune, Việt Trì city, Phú Thọ province. Annually, on the festival (from the 1st to 10th March Lunar Calendar), a large number tourists visit the site, illustrating the traditional cultural characters and the philosophy “when you drink water, remember the source”. To find ou...
04/08/2016
This was a necessary measure as, despite an annual rainfall of 2,400 milimetres per year, Singapore has no large water catchments external to the city or groundwater aquifers from which to draw water to meet its needs and is considered a water-scarce country.
04/08/2016
Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2016, the 10th edition of the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP’s) annual publication has launched recently by the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance and Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), says the annual global investment in new renewables capacity, at $266 billion, was more than double the estimated $1...
26/07/2016
Health-care waste management (HCWM) has been the focus of public attention and concerns of policy makers in many countries. In Vietnam, the government, Ministry of Health, and Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment have been making efforts to improve the policy framework, including decrees, circulars and technical guidelines on HCWM
11/07/2016
Addressing problems of conservation management at the Cồn Lu ecological rehabilitation zone - recognized as an important bird area (IBA) of the country as well as the main location for mollusc farming in northern Việt Nam has been a long-time concern of the Xuân Thủy National Park and local communities. In 2006, based on lessons learnt from co-management mechanism for wise and sustainable use of n...
11/07/2016
Since the Renewal Process from 1986, Việt Nam has actively integrated into the world economy. The country has signed bilateral trade agreements, including with the US, the Strategic Partnership with Russia, and the Economic Partnership Agreement with Japan. Lately, Việt Nam has signed 12 free trade agreements and has become the 150th member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Việt Nam has so f...
11/07/2016
Illegal trade in wildlife, which has killed hundreds of thousands of some of the world’s most iconic and lesser known species, driving some to local extinction while threatening livelihoods in communities that depend on tourism.
11/07/2016
The United Nations has announced plans for a Global Coalition campaign to end the illegal trade in wildlife under the theme “The future of wildlife is in our hands” on the third World Wildlife Day. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on UN agencies, CITES and partners to provide a coordinated response to wildlife crime and spread the message that there should be zero tolerance for poaching...
11/07/2016
2015 is an important year, ASEAN cooperation relationship has been enhanced to a new high level with the establishment of the ASEAN Community on 31st December 2015. For Việt Nam, 2015 marks the 20 years of membership to ASEAN. Together with common activities of the region in the three political security, economic, socio-cultural pillars, Việt Nam has made important contributions to promote coopera...
11/07/2016
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives by Coca-Cola Beverages Vietnam Ltd., Co. (Coca-Cola VN) in recent years have not only helped manage environmental issues and social security and contributed to making people’s lives better but have also allowed the sustainable development of the foreign company in Việt Nam. This information was shared by Lê Từ Cẩm Ly, head of Legal and Public Affai...
