NDO – Vietnam is known as one of the countries with high biodiversity in the world. The rich and diverse natural ecosystems are an important source of capital for the sustainable development of many economic sectors in the country. 

NDO/VNA - Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh asked localities to outline scenarios for natural disaster responses amid the COVID-19 pandemic at an online national conference on national disaster prevention and control, and research and rescue on June 4. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnam is working to shift from a linear economy to a circular economy based on the three pillars of designing and prolonging material lifespan, reducing waste and emissions, and restoring the ecological system, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha has said. 

NDO – Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha and Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (ROK) to Vietnam Park Noh-wan has signed a Framework Agreement for Cooperation on Climate Change. 

NDO – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) held a signing ceremony in Hanoi on May 28 for a project to enhance Vietnam’s climate change resilience, with non-refundable aid worth US$30.2 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF). 

NDO - The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU), in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam held a launch for the ‘Youth for Climate Innovation Contest’ in Hanoi on May 28. 

NDO – A new report entitled “COVID-19 One Year Later: Public Perceptions about Pandemics and their Links to Nature” was published by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and GlobeScan on May 25. 

NDO – The market for domestic solid waste and recycled products from domestic solid waste has been formed in Vietnam, thereby, creating added value from solid waste while contributing to enhancing the management of domestic solid waste. 

NDO – Da Nang kicked off its Da Nang - Environmental City Construction Project with the impressive water-music show themed “Water - Revive” held at Trung Vuong Theatre on the evening of April 29. 

NDO – A short video making contest was launched on TikTok platform on April 29 to call for the participation of the public in recognising the active role of women in disaster risk reduction and climate change response. 

NDO – The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC) Central Committee coordinated with the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control to organise an online conference on disaster prevention and control in 2021, in Hanoi, on April 27. 

NDO – Vietnamese biologists from the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST),, in collaboration with their Russian and German peers, have discovered three new species of treefrogs in the northern mountainous provinces of Lao Cai and Ha Giang. 

NDO/VNA – The Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) system implemented at national scale under an USAID project now generates approximately US$120 million annually to finance the management of approximately 6 million hectares of Vietnam’s forests. 

NDO – Scientists have just announced four new Vietnamese plant species in the Bidoup - Nui Ba National Park in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.