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Vietnam built an “Intended Nationally Determined Contributions" (INDC) report on climate change and is implementing the report in an effort to respond to climate change.

The Mekong Delta region should develop urban areas that are adaptive to climate change, while intensifying access to official development assistance (ODA) used to respond to this phenomenon.

ASEAN is particularly concerned about climate change which has been causing substantial damage to the region.

Deputy Director of the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting Le Thanh Hai spoke to Vietnam News about the influence of El Nino and climate change on Vietnam.

Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Le Ba Trinh received a delegation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Vulnerable groups including women and low-income earners should be taken better care of during climate change response initiatives, experts said.

The Mekong Delta region has been restructuring agricultural production in order to adapt to the increasingly severe impacts of climate change.

The Vietnamese Government commits to creating favourable conditions for international organisations and investors, and foreigners to live and do business in the country.

Over 70 percent of businesses in the Mekong Delta are suffering from the potentially devastating effects of climate change.

Localities in the Mekong Delta have taken a series of measures to adapt to climate change, which causes serious impacts on the livelihood of the region’s communities.

The measures and solutions for adapting to climate change and mitigating the weather’s impacts in northern Hung Yen province were brought up for discussion in a workshop held in the province.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s recent working trip to France, Belgium and the European Union yields pragmatic outcomes across politics, external affairs, economics and culture.

Global climate change and the El-Nino phenomenon have raised the risk of epidemic outbreaks if precautious measures are not properly taken, said a health official.

Crops and farms will be protected by a mass of mangrove forests in the Mekong Delta provinces, thanks to a restoration project.

Religions in Vietnam are called to share responsibility with society and the entire nation in protecting the environment and responding to climate change.

Seawater has been progressively encroaching on land in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, causing severe landslides in coastal areas.

As many as 13 non-agricultural livelihood models will be carried out in Tra Vinh and Ben Tre to adapt to climate change under the “Adaptation in the Mekong Delta” (AMD) project.

The Norwegian Church Aid will continue working closely with the VFF and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment as well as religions in the environment protection and climate change response

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on November 30 held bilateral meetings with leaders of 24 countries on the sidelines of the 21st Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung announced that Vietnam will contribute 1 million USD to the Green Climate Fund from 2016-2020 during his speech at the COP21 that opened in Paris on November 30. .