Dutch and international experts agreed that rather than attempting to completely prevent salinity, a smarter strategy is to manage it and learn to live with it. Areas that successfully develop profitable farming systems under saline conditions will gain a long-term competitive advantage.
The 2025-2027 period will be a critical turning point, as exporters to the European market will be required to strictly comply with ESG standards, including net-zero emissions roadmaps, labour standards, corporate governance and transparency requirements. As a key export sector, the electronics industry is being directly and strongly affected by this shift.
In recent days, a bright smile has returned to the face of To Thi Sua, a resident in Ngo May commune in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai. Just one month ago, her home collapsed during historic floods. Now, after only 12 days, officers and soldiers of the Engineering Brigade 7 under Army Corps 34 have completed a new 55-square-meter house for her.
A notable new feature in the draft documents of the 14th National Party Congress is that environmental protection is no longer treated as an auxiliary task, but increasingly regarded as a foundation for the country’s sustainable development in the coming period.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed that climate action remains a global movement and trend, in which Vietnam is actively engaged.
In response to the Quang Trung Campaign, launched last year by the Prime Minister to rebuild and repair homes for households affected by natural disasters, more than 30 officers and soldiers in the central province of Quang Ngai, undeterred by sun or rain, worked tirelessly to complete the final stages of construction, ensuring residents would have safe and stable homes.
Solutions have been designed to suit local geological and hydrological conditions, combining traditional hard engineering works such as dykes and revetments with soft, nature-based and ecological solutions, including mangrove restoration.
Quang Trung Campaign is not merely a task, but a political responsibility and a heartfelt commitment to the people. The guiding principle is to act as swiftly and decisively as possible, ensuring no family is left without shelter, especially in the days leading up to Tet, said Major General Nguyen Thanh Tuan, Director of the Hue Department of Public Security.
The system can forecast air quality trends over time and across locations, helping authorities guide and implement pollution control measures.
Despite numerous difficulties in 2025, Vietnam’s agricultural sector closed the year with export earnings of 70.9 billion USD, laying an optimistic foundation for a 74 billion USD export target in 2026. The information was announced at the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment’s first regular press briefing of the year, held in Hanoi on January 6.
Preventing and combating desertification is identified as a key task, helping with nature and biodiversity conservation, sustainable management of forests, water and land resources, and improvement of people's incomes and life quality.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 30 chaired a review conference on the rapid “Quang Trung Campaign” to rebuild and repair homes damaged by storms and floods in central Vietnam, calling for the campaign’s completion by mid-January 2026 in celebration of the upcoming 14th National Party Congress.
As 2025 draws to a close, the Vietnam News Agency has selected the 10 most prominent domestic events of the year, reflecting major political, economic, social and cultural milestones.
Representatives of energy, coal – mineral, cement, and building materials enterprises said that the implementation of emission quota allocation must strike a balance between emission reduction targets and the maintenance of growth momentum.
As 2025 draws to a close, the Vietnam News Agency has selected the 10 most prominent domestic events of the year, reflecting major political, economic, social and cultural milestones.
During an interview with Vietnam News Agency reporter, Mr. Vinod Ahuja, FAO Representative in Vietnam, highlighted progress of Vietnam’s Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Strategy 2021–2030, especially on low-emission rice.
Two years after the Prime Minister approved Decision 150 on the Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Strategy for the 2021–2030 period, in 2023, Vietnam issued a National Action Plan to transform food systems in a transparent, responsible and sustainable manner through 2030. This marked a breakthrough step, demonstrating Vietnam’s responsibility to the international community following the United Nations Food Systems Summit in 2021.
According to ADB, to realise its goal of becoming one of the world’s top 15 agricultural exporters by 2030, Vietnam will need substantial capital, estimated at nearly 100 billion USD. The newly signed 250 million USD loan package represents part of the solution to this challenge.
The report finds that mounting environmental and economic pressures are reshaping the delta and calls for a people-centred strategy that invests in strengthened skills, advanced infrastructure and resilient, higher-value agriculture to protect livelihoods and sustain growth.
An innovative effort for people and nature, COAST is a game-changer for vulnerable coastal communities facing the urgent threats of climate change.
