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Category: Viet Nam
Southern region plans to grow other crops on low-yield rice fields
The Mekong Delta and the south-eastern region plan to grow other crops on more than 126,300ha of low-yield rice fields this year as a means of adapting to climate change and improving farmers’ incomes.
Compostable Mekong Delta Grass Straws a Zero-Waste Straw Option
A Vietnam-based company makes two kinds of straws out of sedge grass, which grows wild along the Mekong Delta, as the grass has a hollow stem so it is naturally straw shaped.
Promoting rooftop solar energy in Vietnam
Southern Vietnam facing power shortages up to 3.7 billion kWh in 2021, 10 billion kWh in 2022 and approximately 12 billion kWh in 2023.
Work accelerated to built master plan for Mekong Delta’s sustainable development
Critical as the delta accounts for 12% of natural acreage and 19% of the population and is the nation’s biggest agricultural hub, but is threatened by climate change.
HCM City urges completion of urban development programmes
The urban renovation and development programme is lagging behind schedule.
Vietnam rejects international finding on Hanoi air pollution
The World Air Quality Report released early last month concluded that Hanoi had the second worst air quality in Southeast Asia.
Questions remain as Vietnam reaches major REDD+ milestone
echnically this means results-based payments for forest-related carbon reductions can be rolled out, but there is no framework for such a system yet.
Islands in Vietnam struggle to deal with ‘mountains’ of waste
Many islands in Vietnam suffer from serious pollution, but no solution has been found to solve the problem.