A workshop to discuss how to deal
with natural disasters was held in Hanoi
on January 27 by the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm
Control.
Country seeks international cooperation to preserve scarce water
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Vietnam is in danger of lacking
freshwater due to the impacts of industrialization, population growth and
climate change and it needs sound strategies and international cooperation to
remedy the situation.
Australia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have
decided to grant 1.3 million USD to help Vietnam cope with potentially
devastating impacts of climate change in Mekong Delta.
Vietnam Innovation Day 2010 to focus on climate change
Thursday, 07 January 2010
The Vietnam Innovation Day
(VID) 2010, co-organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment,
The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union - Central Committee, and the World Bank,
is an opportunity for innovative ideas that address local development challenge,
according to the World Bank in Vietnam.
WB-funded programme promotes innovations against climate change
Wednesday, 06 January 2010
The World Bank (WB) on Jan. 5 launched the Vietnam Innovation Day (VID) programme to seek innovative ideas from local communities to deal with climate change.