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Vietnam submitted its updated NDC to the UNFCCC on 11 September following approval by the Prime Minister in July. The updated NDC pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 9%, or 83.9 million tons CO2e, by 2030 compared to business-as-usual…
On July 20, 2020, just days before approval of the NDC, the Prime Minister approved the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan (NAP) for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050. This plan now serves as a basis for sector…
The European Union and Vietnam signed a Trade Agreement and an Investment Protection Agreement on 30 June 2019. Accordingly, EU exports to Vietnam will be taxed less as of 1 August 2020. The trade agreement will ultimately scrap duties on…
The Vietnamese Government has just issued Resolution 67/NQ-CP approving the task of developing a National Land Use Plan for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, and a five-year National Land Use Plan (2021-2025). The Ministry of Natural Resources…
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) has just issued a Plan for Implementation of the Key Programme on Investigation of Marine and Island Resources and Environment by 2030. The plan is divided into three parts: (1) Implementing the…
Recently, several highly endangered species were discovered in an unprotected forest in Vietnam’s Central Highlands. Fauna & Flora International (FFI) and GreenViet, a biodiversity conservation NGO based in Da Nang, undertook months of fieldwork involving human observation and 130 remote…
The Department of Climate Change under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) has published a report on the development of the emissions factor (EF) of the Vietnamese electricity grid in 2018. Accordingly, the EF of the Vietnamese electricity…
On 24 August 2020, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the virtual third Mekong - Lancang Cooperation Leaders' Meeting, together with high-ranking leaders from the six member countries; Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Representatives of the Ministry of…
The Mekong Delta in southwest Vietnam extends over 40,500 square kilometres; here the mighty river forks little by little into nine arms, which in turn are linked to an extensive irrigation system. Thinking of the Mekong Delta tends to primarily…
On 22 July, the Vietnam Energy Summit 2020 was held in Hanoi. Organised by the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, the summit is a high-level policy forum for Vietnam’s public agencies and local and international business communities. The overall aim…