Denmark will provide DKK 1.46 million (USD 254,400) for central Quang Nam province to increase its environmental management capacity, the Danish Embassy in Hanoi announced on Dec. 16, 2008.
A protective belt surrounding approximately 134,000 ha of primary forests has been established in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue under a World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-backed scheme.
The World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) - Vietnam is hoping for a positive response from the entire nation in its global Earth Hour campaign, which calls upon people to switch off their lights at 20h30 on March 28, 2009.
Vietnam requires at least USD 15 million to eliminate ozone depleting substances in accordance with the Montreal Protocol over the next 15 years, a climatologist said on Dec. 12, 2008.
The world must avoid backsliding in fighting global warming and work out a "Green New Deal" to fix its twin climate and economic crises, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008.
A seminar on the protection of water resources and ecosystems opened in central Thua Thien-Hue province on Dec. 13, 2008 attracting some 70 scientists from international organisations, domestic research institutes, and localities that have mangrove forests, sanctuaries and marshes.
Environment ministers of a number of countries have raised support for Vietnam’s proposal to establish a special programme to assist the five nations most affected by the rise of sea level as a result of climate change.
Nature creates amazing things. Take, for example the spring named “Suoi Nuoc Mooc” in the world heritage site of Phong Nha - Ke Bang, where columns of water rise up wonderfully, seeming to defy gravity before making their way to the nearby Chay River.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Forestry Department and the Ministry of Public Security’s Environmental Police Department agreed to co-operate on forestry protection on Dec. 11, 2008.
On Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008 the authorities of Con Dao Island District, in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau, signed a principle contract on power purchasing with a foreign investor who is building a wind power plant on Con Dao.