Hanoi approves a $2.8 bln project to upgrade dikes and clean up Nhue River
By upgrading the Nhue River system, the capital city aims to ensure proactive drainage and prevent flooding in inner-city areas, while progressively finalizing its approved general construction and drainage master plans.
Businesses embrace circular economy to advance sustainable growth
Vietnamese businesses are accelerating the adoption of circular economy practices to improve competitiveness, reduce emissions and meet increasingly stringent sustainability standards.
Offshore wind sector requires pinpoint mechanisms
With Vietnam setting ambitious offshore wind targets, global players like DNV are eyeing opportunities to transfer international experience and build local capacity. Zhang Minghui, Asia-Pacific offshore wind lead at DNV Energy Systems, gave VIR’s Nguyen…
Green transition: potential in partnership between Việt Nam and Norway
Bård Vegar Solhjell, director general of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), talks to Việt Nam News reporter Nguyễn Hằng about the partnership between Việt Nam and Norway in green transformations and planning a…
VN needs an appropriate ETS mechanism to develop carbon market
According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, about 70 countries and territories in the world already have a carbon market, which currently controls about 11 billion tonnes of carbon, equivalent to 20 per…
Plastic waste piles up as Việt Nam struggles to curb a culture of convenience
Việt Nam produces nearly two million tonnes of plastic waste each year, most of it unrecycled. Interviews with young consumers and environmental experts reveal why regulation alone has struggled to curb a problem rooted in…
Vietnam makes efforts to develop domestic carbon market
In the context that about 70 countries and territories have applied carbon pricing instruments, experts held that Vietnam should also apply such tools, especially by developing the domestic carbon market,…
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