'Phu Yen's seashore boasts 4 coral areas of over 300 hectares, concentrated at the sea waters of Song Cau and Tuy An', Institute of Oceanography's survey. This valuable resource will help maintain benefits of seashore aquatic products and develop marine ecotourism. However, recent illegal exploitation leads to deterioration of the coral ecosystem.
Funds are available for conservation projects to safeguard biologically rich and threatened regions in Viet Nam and elsewhere in Indochina. Non-governmental organisations, community groups and other civil society organisations are invited to send letters of inquiry to the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund for funding opportunities.
On September 17-18, experts from across Europe and Vietnam, high-profile speakers and investors will flock to Hanoi to explore the latest research breakthroughs in the Green Business sector and discuss real market opportunities at “GREEN-BIZ 2009 – European Green Business Solutions for Vietnam”.
Experts discuss the connection between developing marine tourism and improving the environment with Thoi bao Kinh te (Viet Nam Economic Times).
With the capacity to treat 21 tonnes of waste per day, the toxic waste treatment plant being constructed in Dong Thanh is the big hope for HCM City in solving the medical rubbish and industrial waste problem. Construction of the plant was kicked off on June 16.
The Vietnam Forestry and Trade Network, which aims to preserve natural forests, on June 12 admitted three wood processing companies as members. The Vietnam Forestry and Trade Network (VFTN) was established in 2005 by the Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN), WWF’s worldwide initiative to eliminate illegal logging and improve the management of valuable and threatened forests, the Vietnam Timber and Forestry Association and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Scientists at the Southern Construction Materials Centre have been successful in recycling rubber waste to produce fuel oil through the thermolytic process at the cost of only half the price of crude oil. The recycle process will also help solve the environmental problem posed by discarded rubber which is difficult to degrade.
Representatives of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Forestry Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) together signed a 18-month project on June 11 focusing on "Researching potential areas for activities related to climate change".
The World Bank (WB) will provide 202 million USD for Vietnam to implement a renewable energy development project between now and 2013. An agreement to this effect was signed between the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Van Giau and the WB’s Director in Vietnam, Victoria Kwakwa in Hanoi on June 16.
In the framework of Vietnam's CCAM (Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation), Denmark and Vietnam on June 13 signed an agreement in Tam Ky City (Quang Nam Province), in which the Dannish government committed to fund the pilot projects in Quang Nam and Ben Tre Provinces.