In addition, the project trained approximately 350,000 people on climate change adaptation, forest management and livelihoods development and helped over 200,000 people implement climate change risk reduction practices in the Mekong and Red River Deltas.
Category: Viet Nam
Forum discusses challenges to sustainable energy transition
There are many things left for the country to do in terms of the sustainable energy transition, said Ngụy Thị Khanh, Executive Director of Green Innovation and Development (GreenID), citing the national grid failing to keep up with the growth of renewable energy generation, the lack of a storage system for renewable energy on a large scale, and difficulties accessing affordable and long-term funding.
Vietnam’s wildlife traffickers v. Covid-19
Could the illegal wildlife trade in the hotspot of Vietnam come back stronger after Covid-19? Reporters from Environment Reporting Collective and Media Development Initiative in Vietnam spoke with traffickers throughout 2020 and 2021 and analysed 10 years’ worth of data to find out.
Trung Nam Group inaugurates wind power plant in Vietnam
Combined with a 204MW solar power plant, the new facility is said to be the largest and only renewable energy solar and wind power complex in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
Red-crowned cranes reappear in Mekong Delta
After a year of absence, over 30 red-crowned cranes have returned to Phu My Biosphere Reserve and Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta.
Cambodia border, Mekong Delta named ‘hotspots’ for possible Covid-19 outbreak
At a meeting on Friday it was noted that the southwest border with Cambodia and southwestern provinces of the country, better known as the Mekong Delta region, are now “major hotspots” at high risk of possible Covid-19 outbreaks.
Vietnam’s biggest cities fare worst in environmental protection: survey
Of all cities and provinces in Vietnam, Dong Thap of Mekong Delta is the only one to score higher than average, at 5.2.
Saltwater intrusion in Mekong Delta to be problematic until late April | Society
Phung Tien Dung, head of the centre’s hydro-meteorological forecasting office for the central, Central Highlands and southern regions, said that from April 12-15, localities should limit watering plants, especially fruit trees with high economic value