The Climate Change Adaption in the Mekong Delta (AMD) project in Tra Vinh will finance the multiplication of 28 production models deemed adaptive to climate change from now until end of 2015.
Promoting the central role of the community in climate change adaptation continues to be a key measure to cope with the issue in a prompt, proactive and flexible manner.
The scale of Vietnamese businesses has decreased with the average registered capital of a newly-established firm till July this year being 6.2 billion VND (284,400 USD).
A conference to review the project Sustainable Forest Management in the Northwest Watershed Area (Susform-Now), funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), was held in on July 30.
Vietnam needs to complete economic market institutions while promoting administrative reforms and creating favourable conditions for foreign businesses to invest in the country.
Officials from the Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources and stakeholders met on July 29 to share ideas for the 2016 regulatory framework for the Support Programme to Respond to Climate Change.
A photography competition on climate change and its potential impacts
was launched in Ha Long city in the north-eastern province of Quang Ninh
on July 24.
The Ford Motor Company has committed to long-term investment and operations in Vietnam thanks to the country’s favourable investment climate, said Ford Vietnam’s Managing Director Jesus Metelo Arias.
Vietnam will launch a new environment and natural resource monitoring network which is equal to Southeast Asian standards in the coming years to better prevent and control natural disasters.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai and UK Ambassador to Vietnam Giles
Lever mentioned joint cooperation in climate change response during
their meeting in Hanoi on July 21.
A regional seminar held in Hanoi on July 20 discussed preparations for
intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs) to the new climate
change agreement to be concluded at the 21 st Conference of the Parties
(COP 21) at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) in 2015.
Concrete steps to better the joint inspection of improvements to the
business environment and tax and customs competitiveness was outlined at
a recent meeting in Hanoi.
Experts working in climate change research have recently forecast
negative impacts of climate change on economic development, the
environment, biodiversity and the health of humankind.
An internationally-funded climate change response project in the Mekong
Delta province Tien Giang has proved effective, providing local
authorities and residents with a fundamental understanding of the issue.
The implementation of Government Resolution 19/NQ-CP on improving
business environment and national competitiveness between 2015 and 2016
has shown encouraging outcomes in the first half of this year, said
Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh at the regular
cabinet meeting held in Hanoi on June 29.
The European Union (EU) Delegation in Vietnam awarded prizes to five
winners of the 2015 climate change competition which took place from
June 18 to 24 on the delegation’s Facebook Page.
The coordination board of the Climate Change Adaptation in the Mekong
Delta ( AMD ) project in Tra Vinh organised a conference to introduce
the Climate Change Adaption (CCA) fund on June 25.
A series of events, highlighting the European Climate Diplomacy Day on
June 17, are being organised by the Delegation of the European Union to
Vietnam and European Union Member States' Embassies.
The Red River Delta province of Nam Dinh is undertaking efforts to
foster mangrove plantation in coastal areas to fight climate change, building on the success ò a mangrove plantation and disaster risk reduction (MP/DRR) programme which has been carried out since 1997 in 15 communes in the coastal of Hai Hau, Giao Thuy, and Nghia Hung.
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