General News

  • In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, many rice farmers are facing water shortage caused by saltwater intrusion up rivers from the sea. Many still have late winter-spring rice to harvest because of the high rice prices a few months ago...
    Monday, 11th March, 2024
  • Vietnam is capable of selling around 40 million carbon credits for $200 million in revenue annually, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)’s Department of Forestry calculated. Vietnam is set to transfer to Emergent, a non-profit...
    Monday, 11th March, 2024
  • Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi recorded levels of hazardous small particles (PM2.5) in the air at 187 micrograms per cubic meter on late March 4, which was the highest among a list of most polluted international cities, according to data from...
    Monday, 11th March, 2024
  • The disaster risk reduction partnership’s plan for 2025-2030 will be developed in accordance with the Vietnamese government’s priorities on natural disaster prevention and the strategic goals of all partners, said Resident Coordinator of the United...
    Monday, 11th March, 2024
  • Vietnamese Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Quoc Khanh met with South Korean Ambassador Choi Young-sam in Hanoi on March 6 to expand cooperation between the two nations in resources and environment, local media reported. During the...
    Monday, 11th March, 2024
  • Four red-crowned cranes were spotted at the Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on March 7, the forest’s management board has reported. The birds stayed on the feeding ground in Zone A5 for about 30 minutes then flew...
    Monday, 11th March, 2024
  • Vietnamese Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son and his Australian counterpart Brendan O'Connor signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on March 7 on enhancing bilateral cooperation in education, local media reported. The event took...
    Monday, 11th March, 2024
  • Vietnam continued to grapple with 5.6 million hectares of land, equivalent to 17.71% of its total area, infected with unexploded ordnance as of 2023, local media reported. Vietnam ranks among the countries with the highest rates of landmine...
    Monday, 4th March, 2024
  • The Vietnam National Mine Action Center (VNMAC) on February 28 held a meeting with representatives of embassies of countries, international organizations, and foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to celebrate its 10th founding anniversary (...
    Monday, 4th March, 2024
  • A 115kg bomb that remained intact and had high dangerousness has been successfully deactivated in Vietnam’s central province of Binh Dinh. The bomb, about 100cm in length and nearly 30cm in diameter, was discovered by some workers while they were...
    Monday, 4th March, 2024