Nature

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong requested that committees for natural disasters prevention and control as well as search and rescue at different levels deploy teams to examine the safety of houses in high-risk locations, inspect reservoirs, and install rain and flow monitoring devices, among other tasks. … [Read more...] about Natural disasters cause multi-million USD damage to northern mountainous region

Notably, a 10-meter long and 2-meter wide landslide hit a riverside road at nighttime on July 11. Other landslide swallowed a house at Tam Giang Dong Commune on the same day. A landslide along river had happened in Tam Giang at midnight of July 4, destroying 14 houses with a damage of around VND1 billion (over US$43,000).   In Can Tho city, the municipal Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, Search and Rescue reported that there have been 22 landslide places near rivers, ditches and canals in Can Tho City from the beginning of the year up to now which destroyed 73 houses and 1,230 meters of road with total loss of more than VND14 billion (nearly US$605,000). Functional agencies of Can Tho City are deploying works and solutions to overcome landslides and consolidate riversides, canals and ditches.  … [Read more...] about Landslides along riversides constantly occur in Mekong Delta

Nguyen Thi Thanh My, deputy director of the city Department of Natural Resources and Environment, said that environmental programmes implemented since 2016 aim to reduce 70% of the total volume of emissions by transport. The department has called on the public to use public transport instead of individual vehicles and to use E5 bio-fuel, a mix of RON 92 (95%) and bio-fuel ethanol (5%), which has replaced RON 92 and co-exists with A95. Bui Hoa An, deputy director of the city Department of Transport, said the department has worked with many transport enterprises to replace old polluting buses and put 1,680 new buses into use on 52 streets. Of the new buses, 500 use compressed natural gas (CNG) that is more environmentally friendly. The number of buses with CNG accounts for 20% of the city’s total buses of 2,595. They do not emit dust and smoke and save 30% to 40% of fuel. The Department of Transport is continuing to build more transport infrastructure, including the metro line … [Read more...] about HCM City takes steps to reduce vehicle emissions

In the upcoming time, HCMC is going to work with C40 Cities Organization, where it is a member, to carry out several program to alleviate negative impacts of climate change in the city. It is also going to collaborate with Holland in programs about water resource management, urban flooding control. … [Read more...] about Vietnam striving to minimize impacts of climate change

“The mango growing areas in Sơn La are blessed with nature, the soil is fertile and pests are inconsiderable, so annual output is very large. This is an important factor to expand the growing area to meet export standards to foreign markets,” Nhung said. … [Read more...] about Sơn La mangoes exported to US, Canada and Australia