Under the directive, the PM instructed relevant agencies to regularly inspect, supervise and proactively implement disaster prevention, response and rescue measures in line with their assigned roles and mandates, ensuring readiness, avoiding passivity or delays, and maintaining operational continuity amid ongoing political and administrative restructuring at levels.
The fourth Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G) Summit in Hanoi reached five major areas of consensus, including pooling finance for green transition through public-private partnerships and innovative financial policies, advancing research in green technological solutions; transforming agricultural and food systems for sustainability, developing a skilled workforce in sci-tech and innovation; and pursuing an efficient, sustainable, and eco-friendly energy transition.
Vietnam is pioneering a new model of cooperation, one grounded in mutual respect, shared responsibility, and genuine commitment to climate action. In this model, a country’s value lies not in its GDP but in its concrete climate actions and collaborative spirit. Vietnam’s vision of fair and inclusive multilateralism could chart a new path - much-needed, and hopeful - for the global climate order.
Vietnam's hosting the fourth Partnership for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G) Summit reflects its push to meet climate commitments, slash emissions, and shift its growth model with global support.
Among the 30 countries analysed in the survey, 11 were identified as more exposed to climate risks from the macroeconomic perspective: Afghanistan, Cambodia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.
This collaboration provides an opportunity for the two sides to jointly develop breakthrough solutions in four key areas, namely urban climate research, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, water resources management, and circular economy development.
The VPA/FLEGT aims to promote the trade of timber products sourced from sustainably managed forests and harvested in line with the laws of the producing country.
Organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment’s Institute Of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment, the global forum on natural capital accounting, and the University of New South Wales, the event aimed to share experiences and develop ocean accounts at local, national, and regional levels.
The discovery of these two new lizard species provides further evidence of Vietnam’s exceptional biodiversity, particularly in the Sop Cop Nature Reserve in Son La province, and the south-central coastal region. This also highlights Vietnam’s critical role as a global biodiversity hotspot for reptiles and amphibians in the Indochinese region.
The ecological design of packaging in the food and beverage industry will help reduce pollution and promote sustainable resource use, building a green and sustainable brand image.
A research group from the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) is sounding the alarm on Vietnam's plastic waste crisis and advocating for a transformative shift towards sustainable alternatives.
The Department of Water Resources Management under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Finnish Embassy in Vietnam organised a workshop to exchange experiences in groundwater management in Hanoi on December 11.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) held a workshop in the central coastal city of Da Nang on December 3, to promote investment in energy efficiency within Vietnam’s industrial sector.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged countries to take more drastic actions, with stronger will and determination, to tackle climate change, aiming for net-zero emissions across Asia as soon as possible.
Forestry is now the only sector capable of achieving net negative emissions, thanks to the Government's forestry development policies, including the closure of natural forests, forest protection and development, coupled with international sponsorship, said Director of the Forestry Department Tran Quang Bao.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 2 called for stronger determination and more drastic action to combat climate change, stressing that green transformation, energy transition, and greenhouse gas emission reduction are inevitable and irreversible trends.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued an urgent directive, rallying authorities to brace against a tropical depression that is rapidly intensifying and barreling toward central Vietnam, posing significant risks of heavy rainfall and severe flooding.
The National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting has predicted that by 7 am on September 19, the current tropical depression in the East Sea will strengthen into a typhoon, reaching wind speeds of level 8 with gusts of level 10.
Typhoon Yagi has left nine people dead and 187 others injured in several northern provinces, according to initial statistics reported as of September 8 morning.
As climate change and unusual environmental phenomena pose significant threats to the environment and daily life, Vietnam is taking decisive action to mitigate these effects by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
