VOV.VN - Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has called on the Group of Seven (G7) to support ASEAN in accessing and distributing vaccines in a safe, effective and timely manner as well as transferring vaccine production technology in the ongoing fight against COVID-19.

Vietnamese rice businesses and farmers are still lacking awareness of low-carbon rice production, said Nguyen Van Hung, an expert from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

All types of new cars in Vietnam must meet Euro 5 emission standards from January 1, 2022 under a decision issued by the Prime Minister, Vietnam Register said.

VOV.VN - The British government has decided to donate 320,000 more doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the Vietnamese government.

VOV.VN - Motorbike drivers are unlikely to hit the road in major districts of the capital city as Hanoi is planning to ban motorbikes starting in 2025.

The Vietnam Energy and Technology Forum 2021 was co-held by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) in Hanoi on November 30 to put forward policies and recommendations for Vietnam in energy technologies.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan and World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Carolyn Turk co-chaired a high-level policy dialogue on low-carbon green agricultural transformation and emissions reduction on November 30.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the annual dialogue between leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies and the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) that was held in the form of videoconference on November 11.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called on APEC economies to strive to invest more in clean energy projects and develop new technologies in response to a variety of challenges posed by economic transitioning and climate change.

The Office of the People’s Committee of northern border Lao Cai province has said that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) decided to offer a non-refundable aid worth US$1 million to the province to carry out a project on sustainable forest management and biodiversity preservation.