HÀ NỘI - Twenty countries registered to participate in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)'s symposium for the Asia-Pacific region on climate change response to be held in Hồ Chí Minh City from May 11-13, organisers reported yesterday. National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Tòng Thị Phóng said the symposium, co-organised by the IPU and the Vietnamese legislature, will discuss legislators' actions to realise sustainable development goals (SDGs) amid climate change. The head of the NA Committee for External Relations and deputy head of the organising board, Nguyễn Văn Giàu, said the symposium will focus on the SDGs and the role of parliaments; promotion of gender equality and public health when adapting to climate change; challenges and opportunities facing countries in the region; international commitments and requirements for legislators; and mobilisation of resources for realising the SDGs. - VNS … [Read more...] about 20 nations sign up for climate change meet
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Vietnam, Netherlands increase cooperation in climate change adaptation
(VOVworld) –Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said he is delighted that Vietnam and the Netherlands have turned climate change challenges into cooperation opportunities in agriculture, water management, education, and training. Dung spoke at the opening of the 6th meeting of the Vietnam-Netherlands Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change Adaptation and Water Management in The Hague on Wednesday. The meeting was co-chaired by Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Environment Melanie Schultz, who said the Netherlands is ready to support and transfer technologies to help Vietnam develop the Mekong Delta region sustainably and address climate change challenges. She added that a number of Dutch companies and research institutes, which are experienced in dredging and erosion prevention, want to establish partnerships with Vietnam. Both sides agreed to design new plans for climate change adaptation and water management cooperation. … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Netherlands increase cooperation in climate change adaptation
The 6th Vietnam-Netherlands inter-govt meeting held on climate change
The Hanoitimes - On April 19, the 6th meeting of the Vietnam-Netherlands intergovernmental committee on climate change adaptation and water management took place in The Hague, the Netherlands. The session was co-chaired by Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung and Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Environment Melanie Schultz. In his speech opening the function, Deputy PM Dung expressed his delight at the growing bilateral relations in the past 44 years and noted the elevation of the ties to strategic partnership on climate change adaptation and water management. The two countries have turned climate change challenges into cooperation opportunities in agriculture, water management and education-training, he added. Dung took the occasion to thank the Dutch Government for helping Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region design the path for sustainable development, better manage local natural resources, and reduce the region’s vulnerability. He said Vietnam welcomes … [Read more...] about The 6th Vietnam-Netherlands inter-govt meeting held on climate change
VN, Netherlands discuss works on climate change, water management
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI - Việt Nam wants to see continued sharing of experience, human resources, capital resources and technologies from the Netherlands to help the Asian country deal with pressing environmental issues. Deputy PM Trịnh Đình Dũng made the request when he chaired the sixth meeting of the Việt Nam-Netherlands Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change Adaptation and Water Management with Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Environment Melanie Schultz yesterday in The Hague. "Việt Nam needs assistance to build a national database on environmental resources, drought and salinity prevention, water supply and drainage management, exploitation and use of underground water, particularly depression and erosion by river and sea banks," Dũng noted. On the occasion, the Deputy PM hailed positive developments in bilateral ties between the two countries over the past 44 years. "From an ordinary partnership, the Việt Nam-Netherlands relationship has progressed into a strategic … [Read more...] about VN, Netherlands discuss works on climate change, water management
Bản in : Need for climate-change data
HCM City needs to create a legal approach so that it can successfully develop programmes to cope with climate change, experts have said. The city still lacks legal criteria for evaluating or determining what industries or areas will be most seriously hit by climate change, according to Nguyen Trung Viet of the Steering Committee of Climate Change. The city also lacks a comprehensive database about industries or areas that could be most seriously affected. Viet noted that programmes to cope with climate change can not be developed successfully without such a database. Experts say general residential areas with insufficient infrastructure, such as District 12 as well as Can Gio, Hoc Mon and Binh Chanh districts, willbe hit hard by climate change. Many industrial zones in lowland areas, especially industrial clusters in the city, will also be hit hard by climate change. If the sea level rises one metre, about 500 factories, which account for nine percent of total factories in the … [Read more...] about Bản in : Need for climate-change data