The Mekong Delta province will increasingly apply high technologies to improve yield and quality of agricultural produce, reduce production costs, and adapt to climate change,
Category: Viet Nam
Quảng Trị to plant 60,000ha of forests by 2030
Quảng Trị is one of the top localities nationwide in terms of forestation certified by the FSC. The province targets developing at least 60,000 ha of FSC-certified forests by 2030, tripling that in 2019.
Vietnam -Red Cross Drought and Saltwater Intrusion Emergency Plan of Action
Saline intrusion occurred in complicated manner (earlier, deeper intruding, and ranging), especially in combination with the sophisticated tidal flooding situation.
Vietnam looks to new national strategy on environmental protection
Environmental pollution would continue due to weak management of solid waste and pollution sources in industrial zones, river basins and traditional handicraft villages.
Mekong Delta aims for sustainable shrimp production at high profits
Farmers must design their shrimp ponds properly to cope with harsh weather conditions like prolonged heat and drought.
University research team makes rechargeable batteries out of rice husks
Unlike the costly process to create pure silicon, rice husks as the raw material source could be promising for low-cost and functional SiO2.
Vietnam aims to ensure water security by 2030
By 2050, 60 percent of farming areas in Vietnam will be equipped with water-saving irrigation systems, according to the country’s Water Management Strategy, which was recently approved by Deputy Prime Minister
For Vietnamese minority communities, climate change isn’t coming; it’s here
Vietnamese minority communities, particularly minority women, are at the forefront of the climate crisis. They are developing their own coping strategies to deal with extreme weather.