The United Nations 2023 Water Conference opened at the United Nations headquarters in New York, highlighting commitments of the international community, towards the management and use of water resources, one of the major problems of the world today. Preventing water crises and using this resource sustainably, is a matter of survival for the world.
Thousands of volunteers, young people, and citizens enthusiastically participated in the Earth Hour 2023 event by turning off their lights for one hour to show their support for the campaign on the evening of March 25, in HCMC's Youth Cultural House.
The Earth Hour 2023, with the theme “Saving electricity - Becoming a habit”, was held in Hanoi at 20:30, on the evening of March 25. Many streets in Hanoi simultaneously turned off their lights, while small candles were lit, as a green message towards the goal of net zero emissions by 2050, according to Vietnam’s commitment at the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha held bilateral meetings with foreign leaders on the sidelines of the ongoing UN 2023 Water Conference in New York.
The Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VAF) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) jointly organised a forum aimed at marking the International Day of Forests running with the theme of “Healthy Forests for Healthy People” on March 21 in Hanoi.
Authorities of south-central Phu Yen province and GreenViet Biodiversity Conservation Centre (GreenViet) have proposed many solutions to protect the gray-shanked douc langurs that appeared recently in forest areas in Dong Xuan district.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has asked other ministries, agencies, sectors, localities, and organizations to take practical and effective activities in response to the World Water Day (March 22), the World Meteorological Day (March 23), and the Earth Hour 2023 (March 25).
On the afternoon of March 16, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha shared this view when receiving Ms. Kirsten Schuijt, Director General of the WWF International.
More than 1,000 Youth Union members and young people took part in the 148th Ngay Chu Nhat Xanh (Green Sunday) campaign in HCMC on March 19.
Na Hau commune is located in the core area of the Na Hau Nature Reserve in Van Yen district, Yen Bai province. This is a long-standing habitat of the Mong ethnic group. Although life there is difficult, generations of local Mong people have protected the forests.