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VN, US seek ways to deal with Agent Orange/Dioxin consequences
17:28 | 04/23/2014
(Bqp.vn) - The second roundtable of U.S.-Viet Nam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin was held on April 21 in Bien Hoa, southern Dong Nai Province.
PM to attend 2nd Mekong River Commission Summit
17:28 | 04/23/2014
(Bqp.vn) - The second summit of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) will be held in HCM City on April 5.
Dioxin removal project to begin in Danang
17:28 | 04/23/2014
(Bqp.vn) - The first phase of a project to treat dioxin contamination in Danang Airport is scheduled to commence in April, project management authorities have revealed.
Meeting marks World Water Day
17:28 | 04/23/2014
(Bqp.vn) - A meeting themed “Water and Energy” was convened in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on March 21 in response to World Water Day (March 22).
Project on coping with climate change implemented
17:28 | 04/23/2014
(Bqp.vn) - A workshop about solutions for urban development planning to adapt to flooding took place in Da Nang on Tuesday. The event was co-organised by the municipal People’s Committee (PC), the Urban Development Agency of the Vietnamese Ministry of Construction, the US Rockefeller Foundation, and the US Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET). Its purpose was to implement the city’s 2013 - 20 project on coping with climate change.
Promoting marine conservation helps facilitate ‘Vietnamese tourism brand’
17:28 | 04/23/2014
(Bqp.vn) - With rich cultural and ecological diversity as well as a unique wealth of species richness, Vietnam has huge potentials for promoting its tourism brand but like many other developing nations, it is dealing with the thorny issue of harmonising socio-economic development, of which tourism is key driver, with environmental conservation.
Japan helps Vietnam cope with climate change
17:28 | 04/23/2014
(Bqp.vn) - Japan will provide Vietnam with a JPY25 billion (US$244 million) loan in 2014 to help the country respond to climate change issues.
The Army’s photo contest launched
17:28 | 04/23/2014
(Bqp.vn) - The General Political Department, under the direction of its deputy director Lieutenant General Mai Quang Phan, on March 5th launched a photo contest with the theme of “The Army with missions of environmental protection and minimisation of climate change”.
Army unit helps clear UXO for cultivation
17:28 | 04/23/2014
(Bqp.vn) - The Thai Son Corporation, under the Ministry of National Defence, worked with the Bac Lieu provincial Command to launch a project to remove unexploded ordnances (UXO) left over from the war in the province’s localities.
PM urges climate change action
17:28 | 04/23/2014
(Bqp.vn) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called on ministries and localities to continue improving their capacity to forecast natural disasters and changes in the climate.
PM requests heightened natural disaster response capacity
17:28 | 04/23/2014
(Bqp.vn) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said that ministries, sectors and localities should improve forecasting of natural disaster, build their capacity to cope with the impacts of climate change, as well as mobilise social resources for projects related to coastal protection forests.
