NDO/VNA – District 1 in Ho Chi Minh City is trying to tackle the scourge of plastic waste by offering rice to residents in return for their trash. (Sep 20, 2020 11:22:32)
NDO – Vietnam Renewable Energy Week 2020 was jointly launched by the Vietnam Sustainable Energy Alliance (VSEA), the Vietnam Coalition for Climate Action (VCCA), the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) and partners in Hanoi on August 25.
NDO – The Prime Minister has just issued Directive 33/CT-TTg on strengthening the management, reuse, recycling, treatment and reduction of plastic waste.
NDO – Over VND50 trillion (US$2.1 billion) has been mobilised for investment in the forestry sector during the 2016-2020 period, equivalent to 84.3% of the set plan, according to the Vietnam Administration of Forestry.
NDO/VNA – Changing mindsets in the management and usage of water resources is essential to ensuring water security and dam safety, according to Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Committee for Science, Technology and Environment Phan Xuan Dung.
NDO/VNA – The management board of the marine protected area in Phu Quy island district of south-central Binh Thuan province released 45 baby turtles to the sea on August 17.
NDO – The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee held a workshop on July 23 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the management and development of Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve (2000-2020).
NDO - Danish investment firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and its partners have signed a memorandum of understanding with the central province of Binh Thuan to develop a wind energy project with a total capacity of 3.5GW off the coast of La Gan.
NDO - Recent biodiversity surveys have revealed a "treasure" of rare and endangered wildlife including the gray-shanked douc langur, yellow-cheeked crested gibbon, owston's palm civet, horse bear, slow loris, otter, wild cats and many other species of Vietnam, in Kon Plong district, the Central Highland province of Kon Tum.
NDO – A ‘Youth Innovative Ideas for an Ocean without Plastic’ programme was launched in Hanoi on July 14 to boost the key role the youth play in developing ideas and implementing initiatives to deal with plastic waste in the ocean.
NDO – An award ceremony for a children’s contest on bear protection was held on July 10 at Phung Thuong Elementary School in Hanoi’s Phuc Tho District.
NDO – Endangered Asian black bears and Owston's palm civets, two species listed in the IUCN Red List as well as the Vietnam Red Book, have been spotted in the forests of Pu Luong Nature Reserve in Thanh Hoa Province.
NDO - Vietnam’s newly-planted concentrated forest areas reached 106,300 hectares in the first half of this year, up 0.2% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
