Gender mainstreaming in climate change policies is crucial to promoting gender equality in Vietnam, according to Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment (ISPONRE) Nguyen Trung Thang.

Vietnam’s mean annual temperature has increased by 0.5-0.7 degrees Celsius since 1960, with the rate of increase most rapid in the southern region and the Central Highlands, according to the Climate Risk Country Profile: Vietnam.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, as Chair of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for April, presided over an in-person and online ministerial open debate of the council on the theme “Protection of Objects Indispensable to the Survival of the Civilian Population” on April 27.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 23 delivered a speech on the economic opportunities of climate change at the Leaders Summit on Climate which is held virtually on April 22-23, at the invitation of US President Joe Biden.

Secretary of the Can Tho municipal Party Committee Le Quang Manh and US Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Marie C. Damour had a meeting on April 22, during which both voiced the wish to foster bilateral cooperation in trade promotion, climate change response, health care, and education.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc participated in the opening ceremony of the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate hosted by the US on April 22 at the invitation of US President Joe Biden.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc is set to attend and deliver a speech at the Leaders Summit on Climate to be held virtually by the United States this week.

VOV.VN - Despite the Vietnamese business climate enjoying significant improvements in recent years, there remain obstacles that need to be addressed soon to facilitate business operations, experts said at a workshop in Hanoi o April 20.

VOV.VN - The General Department of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control has come together with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to hold a seminar on April 16 in Hanoi aimed at boosting capacity building as part of integrated disaster risk management in the context of climate change.

VOV.VN - The steering board of the “Support to Vietnam for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement” (VN-SIPA) project gathered together on April 14 in Hanoi in order to examine ways in which to ramp up its implementation.