Northern Vietnam may face its worst drought in more than a century, from next January through April, a conference held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) was told on December 8.
Representatives from Asian Pacific countries on Dec. 8 agreed to integrate environmental issues into their national strategies for economic development to ensure sustainable growth.
The UN Conference on Climate Change will last from December 7-18 in Copenhagen, Denmark. This is the final chance for countries to reach an agreement on cooperative action to cope with and adapt to rapid climate change, a disaster that threatens the future of every creature on earth.
A garbage-collection co-operative will be launched in HCM City’s Binh Thanh District as part of a project run by the city’s Co-operative Alliance. Members of the co-operative will include private organisations, households or individuals contracted to collect rubbish, according to Sai Gon Tiep Thi newspaper.
On December 7, representatives from 192 countries arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference. As one of the countries to suffer the most from climate change, Vietnam is determined to take joint action together with the rest of the world to deal with the challenge.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on December 7 that a legally binding treaty on climate change will be reached in 2010.
With the Hong (Red) River drying up the lives of farmers living along its banks are hanging in the balance.
Field trips to zoos are being used by schools to give children a better understanding of the role animals and plants play in the life of human beings. Schools in Ha Noi, HCM City and Dong Nai Province have found that the field trips make the children more curious and willing to learn biology as also increase their awareness of environmental protection, teachers and experts said at a recent seminar.
The water level of the Hong (Red) River, the country’s second biggest river has reached its lowest recorded level for a century, leaving more than 200 vessels stranded and threatening farming production, warned authorities.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked media agencies to work harder to raise the people’s awareness of climate change and ways to respond and adapt to it. He also asked ministries and sectors to regularly update their development planning in the context of climate change in order to work out and deploy response plans in a uniform and efficient manner.