VOV.VN - Petrol prices tumbled more than VND1,000/litre on April 1 after environmental protection tax rates were axed by VND2,000/litre, which were in effect the same day.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on March 23 passed the resolution on environmental protection tax rates on petroleum, oil and lubricants, which will take effect from April 1 till December 31, 2022.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is supporting the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to enhance gender mainstreaming in the National Adaptation Plan so that it is more gender-responsive and better able to meet the needs, priorities, and challenges faced by women.

VOV.VN - The Government has agreed with the Finance Ministry’s proposal to cut the environmental protection tax on petrol by half in an attempt to stabilize the petrol market and rein in inflation.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Head of the Permanent Delegation of Vietnam to the United Nations, paid a courtesy visit to Abdulla Shahid, incumbent President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on March 3.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 2 asked ministries, agencies and localities to increase the efficiency of the planning work so as to support national development tasks.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued a dispatch requesting joint efforts of ministries, sectors and localities to ensure the balance between supply and demand of petroleum products to meet the needs of the domestic market and support socio-economic recovery and development.

Politburo member and permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Secretariat Vo Van Thuong held online talks with Chairman of the Presidium of the Communist Party of Japan (CPJ) Central Committee Shii Kazuo in Hanoi on December 29.

The Hanoi International Exhibition of Environment and Energy Technology (ENTECH HANOI 2021) opened in the capital city on November 17, gathering 45 businesses with 70 physical and 120 virtual exhibition booths.

The Vietnam Institute of Economics (VIE) on November 16 held a webinar named “Blue economy: Opportunities, challenges and solutions for sustainable development”, aiming to seek ways to develop the sea-based economy, and ensure harmony between socio-economic development and environmental protection.