As climate change intensifies and the global push toward net-zero emissions gathers pace, Vietnam is gradually shaping its carbon market, with forestry identified as a key pillar thanks to forests’ long-term capacity to absorb and store carbon dioxide.

Despite global economic volatility, sluggish growth and increasingly complex climate change and natural disasters, the agriculture and environment sector has fulfilled and exceeded all nine targets assigned by the Government, laying an important foundation for the next stage of development.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s pangasius sector is projected to earn more than US$2.1 billion from exports in 2025, despite facing challenges from climate change, geopolitical tensions, and global trade fluctuations, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MoAE).

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam on December 15 called for a fundamental shift in thinking and approach to economic development and international integration, saying the change was urgent to improve growth quality and adapt to rapidly evolving domestic and global conditions.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Brazil Bui Van Nghi, authorised by Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man, took part in the IPU Parliamentary Meeting at the 30th Climate Change Conference (COP30) and carried out a series of engagements in Belem, Brazil, from November 13 to 15.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 17 visited the Arab Cultural Heritage Building in Kuwait City, where he met with Waleed Al-Bahar, Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), and his team.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide non-refundable aid worth more than VND9.1 billion (about US$384,600) to help Mekong Delta city of Can Tho strengthen its capacity in drainage management and climate change adaptation.

VOV.VN - In response to the growing impacts of climate change, the transition toward a green economy, particularly green and circular agriculture, has become an inevitable development trend, said experts at a forum in Hanoi on July 16.

A consultation workshop convened in Hanoi on July 2 to present and gather feedback on climate change projections and communication for Vietnam.

Vietnam’s water resource management is facing mounting challenges amid climate change, rising demand, and environmental pollution.