“No one wants economic development more than those of us in conflict zones, but it must be the right kind of development at the right time.”
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MRC council approves new strategy to address droughts
A Data and Information System Reinvigoration, as well as a Basin Development and Strategic Plan, would potentially increase short-term and long-term benefits for the river basin’s management.
Women are hit harder by climate change. Here, they are starting to fight back
Planting mangrove trees on the shores of Vietnam is helping protect against global warming—and also sowing the seeds of female empowerment.
Vietnam makes a mess of waste management
Vietnam is sorting trash in four different ways and one type of trash is put under the eyes of up to six ministries.
Officials to meet on Mekong crisis as fishing communities suffer
Mekong River Commission will meet in Phnom Penh as dams and drought take toll on the once-mighty waterway.
Environment Minister looks to curb land encroachment
Sustainable infrastructure investment speeds up growth in Vietnam
Sustainable infrastructure investments are becoming the norm and enabling stable economic and social growth in Vietnam, Nirukt Sapru, CEO, Vietnam and ASEAN & South Asia Cluster Markets at Standard Chartered Bank, said at a recent conference in Ho Chi Minh City.