The Prime Minister has approved a project to develop LED
(lighting-emitting diode) lighting technology in Vietnam partly funded
by the United Nations Development Programme via the Global Environment
Facility (GEF).
The promotion of non-fired brick production and utilisation project
in Vietnam is expected to help the country realise specific targets of
the green growth strategy such as reducing environmental pollution,
rehabilitating contaminated areas, improving the local livelihood, and
mitigating the depletion of natural resources.
The central city of Da Nang has devised a number of concrete measures to
bring a fresh, green and unique look to the city and attract a greater
number of tourists.
Nearly 170,000 people living near the Bien Hoa airbase in the
southern province of Dong Nai and in the vicinity of Phu Cat airbase in
the central province of Binh Dinh no longer face potential risks of
dioxin exposure.
Around 250,000 cu.m of soil in Bien Hoa City, the southern province
of Dong Nai, are contaminated with dioxin at levels ranging from 1,000
ppt to as high as more than 1 million ppt, it was reported at a workshop
in Dong Nai on October 21.
The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) in Vietnam held a national
dialogue in Hanoi on October 7, with the aim of developing programmes
and activities for the 2014-2018 period that marks the GEF’s 6th cycle
(GEF-6).
The Prime Minister has approved the project “Promotion of non-fired
brick (NFB) production and utilisation in Vietnam”, funded by the Global
Environment Facility (GEF).
Vietnam will stop using all types of machinery and equipment containing
poluchlorinated biphenyl (PCB), one of the persistent organic
pollutants (POPs), by 2020 and safely dispose the substance by 2028.
The oceanography sector should active join the country’s international
integration process, said Dr. Vo Si Tuan, Director of the Institute of
Oceanography under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology,
adding that the sector has engaged in international cooperation since
its early days.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a project on the
conservation of critical wetland areas and linked landscapes with the
aim of establishing two more wetland preservation areas in northern Thai
Binh province and central Thua Thien-Hue province.
The Environment Administration under the Ministry of Natural Resources
and Environment on July 8 held a conference to launch a project to
update Vietnam’s national implementation plan for the Stockholm
Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Vietnamese and foreign experts have shared experience and technology on
the assessment and remediation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
and dioxin pollution in Vietnam.
A senior Vietnamese official has appealed for stronger global link in
making policies and strategies pertaining to natural resource management
and environmental protection to show Vietnam’s serious response to
joint efforts to deal with climate change in the time ahead.
A project worth around 8 million USD will help better the management of
medical waste in Vietnam towards reducing emissions of organic compounds
and mercury that are resistant to environmental degradation.
The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank Group has approved an
addition aid worth 6.5 million USD for the “Coastal Resources for
Sustainable Development” project in Vietnam .
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has
approved a project worth 3.74 million USD to upgrade infrastructure for
climate change adaptation in northern mountainous provinces.
Construction of a 5,400 cu.m. secure landfill site began at Phu Cat
airbase in the central province of Binh Dinh on Dec. 16, in a
project to isolate dioxin contamination at the airbase.
The application of best available techniques (BAT) and the best
environmental practices (BEP) to reduce the unintentional production of
the persistent organic pollutants (POP) in Vietnam’s industrial sector
was discussed at a seminar in central coastal Da Nang city, on July 29.
A public lighting project to promote the efficient use of energy has
helped Vietnam save at least 674 million KWh and reduce 0.29
million tonnes of carbon emissions over the last five years.
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