Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc has delivered a speech recognising the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)’s positive contributions to Vietnam’s development, especially in promoting green and sustainable growth.

VOV.VN - Global food business SunRice Group is set to partner with Australian and Vietnamese researchers to develop a new variety of rice that helps local farmers adapt to climate change issues and boost exports from the Mekong Delta.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) always attaches importance to cooperation with Vietnam, stated UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Ramla Al Khalidi as she presented her letter of credentials to Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son in Hanoi on October 19.

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) held policy discussion on the human rights and climate change nexus in Hanoi on October 18, focusing on how to achieve a just, green and sustainable environmental development with principles of equity and human rights at the centre.

VOV.VN - Vietnam called on the international community to ensure financial support for the UN’s development activities at a meeting of the Economic and Financial Committee of the United Nations General Assembly’s 77th session on October 14.

VOV.VN - Die Rheinpfalz, a daily newspaper in the German western state of Rhineland-Palatinate, has run an article about heavy climate change-induced consequences facing coffee growers in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Antonio Guterres has congratulated Vietnam on its election to the UN Human Rights Council for the 2023-2025 term, noting his belief that Vietnam will maintain active and effective contributions to the promotion and protection of human rights.

Stronger efforts and resources, including the transfer of science and technologies, along with early warning and actions will help Vietnam mitigate natural disaster risks, an official has said.

East Asian Seas countries are current in the process of negotiating a global agreement to put an end to plastic pollution and marine plastic litter, said Pham Thu Hang, Deputy Director-General of the Vietnam Institute of Seas and Islands (VISI) on October 12.

Vietnam wishes to continue receiving close coordination and assistance from the Japanese Government and businesses in promoting their strategic partnership on digital transformation, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Nguyen Huy Dung said on October 12.