The national marine spatial planning project, which has been approved by the appraisal council, is an important tool to firm up the National Master Plan and create a basis for managing natural resource exploitation and use, protecting the environment, and conserving the marine ecosystem.

Vietnam will scale down production and consumption of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) - powerful greenhouse gases which are the main drivers of climate change.

Innovative ways to reduce plastics pollution took center stage at the Plastic Innovation Hub Vietnam (Hub Vietnam) Demo Day 2023 held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 27.

A consultation workshop was held in Hanoi on October 27 to finalise a draft resource mobilisation plan to implement the Political Declaration on establishing the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).

Forest rangers in the central province of Thanh Hoa have detected around 5,300 muntjac individuals of two species Muntiacus muntjak vaginalis and Muntiacus rooseveltorum in the Pu Hu Nature Reserve, according to a 2022-2024 survey.

Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Minh Ngan has just signed a decision approving and announcing the results of land area statistics for 2022, which shows that 1.17 million hectares of land across the country had been not used yet as of December 31, 2022.

Reducing plastic waste is crucial for Phu Quoc island, a popular tourist destination in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, to improve its environment quality and promote sustainable tourism, said experts.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has recently issued an official dispatch requesting preparations in response to a tropical depression which is likely to strengthen into a storm and cause flooding.

The Vietnam - Japan marine economic policy dialogue in 2023 is an opportunity for the two sides to exchange policy views on guidelines to better exploit and protect the marine environment and resources.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum and the Department of Agriculture and Forestry of Laos’s Attapeu province on October 17 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in preventing violations in the forestry sector for 2024-2025.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in Vietnam on October 16 joined hands to mark the 43rd World Food Day (WFD), the 78th anniversary of the FAO and the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-FAO cooperation.

The project “Hue – A City to Reduce Plastics in Central Vietnam” and its partners on October 15 held a ceremony to kick off the implementation of the app MGreen that facilitates the waste classification and collection in Hue city.

Floods caused by torrential rains over the past six days in the central region have caused heavy damage in many localities, and rains are forecast to expand to the south region in the coming days.

The National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, in coordination with the Australian Embassy in Vietnam and related partners, held a ceremony in response to the International Day for Disaster Reduction and ASEAN Day for Disaster Management at Bai Chay Primary and Secondary School in the northern province of Quang Ninh’s Ha Long city on October 13.