About 80,000 residents will benefit from a new 4.5 million USD water supply system, funded by the Korea International Co-operation Agency (KOICA), in Buon Ho Town, Dak Lac Province.

Policy makers in southern Long An province have been provided with alternative ways to respond to climate change and its related threats under a two year pilot project.

Hanoi needs to improve its management of underground water as a large amount of the resource is being exploited without long-lasting state control procedures in place, which can result in water degradation.

An international workshop on solid waste management and treatment was held on March 11 by the Can Tho City People’s Committee in coordination with the AKIA project ( Germany ) in Vietnam.

International partners have pledged to continue cooperation with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) in 2013, focusing on implementing major programmes and strengthening State management in this field.

The Save the Rhino International and Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund in coordination with Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) on March 8 launched a new Public Service Announcement (PSA) calling upon the community to not use rhinoceros horn.

HCM City held a ceremony on Mar. 3 to launch the 2013 Earth Hour campaign.

An international seminar on the application of the biotic ligand model (BLM) in environmental management was held in Hanoi on March 4.

A Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-funded project has relieved local people living in the buffer zone of Bach Ma National Park of reliance on natural resources to make their living.

The sustainable exploitation of natural resources, mineral resources in particular, has always been a hot issue and priority for developing countries. Among the potential solutions to this issue is the harmonisation of exploitation and conservation of the national natural and geological heritage to promote tourism.

Nearly 200 employees from the Japan-invested Canon Vietnam Co. Ltd in northern Bac Ninh province have joined hands with local young people in planting trees for greener environment in the locality.

The Facility for Infrastructure Development (ORIO) of the Netherlands will help the southern province of Binh Duong build a waste water treatment plant worth about 35 million EUR.

The USAID Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and Vietnam Red Cross Society jointly held a seminar on March 1 to evaluate the current situation and propose solutions to reduce the risk of natural disasters in Thua Thien-Hue central province.