The Ministry of Health has issued an announcement on flu A/H1N1 and attention on prevention. Vietnam has so far not recorded any cases of the flu virus A/H1N1. The statement was made by Deputy Minister of Health Trinh Quan Huan at an online conference on disease prevention on May 4th.
As the dangerous flu A/H1N1 is developing in complexity in some parts of the world, Vietnam is mobilizing all forces to prevent the appearance of the disease in its territory.
The East Meets West Foundation recently introduced a model programme to help communities in the central areas of Viet Nam adapt to climate change. According to the foundation’s survey, climate change is affecting lives in all 25 communes in central Quang Nam Province, where vulnerable farmers in the coastal, mountainous and lowland areas rely heavily on agriculture and fishing industries.
A delegation of businesses from the Sachsen state of Germany led by Secretary of State Juergen Staupe is on a nine-day visit to Vietnam beginning on May 1 to promote cooperation in environmental protection and improvement.
The Government is defining a series of long-term but urgently needed solutions to effectively cope with global climate change. "Adaptation policies seem mandatory because Viet Nam is the country most heavily affected by the consequences of climate change," Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai said at a Government meeting on Monday.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) wants all new factories to meet environmental standards and possess waste-treatment facilities by next year. Environment minister Pham Khoi Nguyen said the move would help to alleviate Viet Nam’s chronic pollution problems created by development.
Established in 1999, Ecological Reserve of Dong Thap Muoi (Thanh Tan Commune, Tan Phuoc District) has been a potential destination for visitors. This year, the provincial authority is about to fund over VND 6 billion to turn the Reserve into a leading tourist spot of the local area. The financial source will be used for asphalting roads, building new wharf, waiting houses...
Environment ministers of leading industrialised nations (G-8) and emerging economies adopted Syracuse Charter on protecting biodiversity after a three-day meeting held in Syracuse city, Sicily, Italy on April 24. However, no further agreement on reducing greenhouse gases emissions had been achieved.
Members of two committees of the National Assembly discussed the threats and impacts of climate change on Vietnam’s development process with international experts at a seminar in Hanoi on April 27.
Upgrade of 20 water drainage systems on Ha Noi streets is currently underway in areas at high risk of flooding during the rainy season. The project was expected to be completed by June, ahead of the start of the rainy season, said Nguyen Le, Director General of the Ha Noi Water Drainage Company.