Vietnam aims to cut electricity-related fires and electrocution accidents by up to 50% by 2035 under a newly approved national programme on safe electricity use for the 2026–2035 period.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has temporarily suspended the use of kerosene in the calculation of fuel base price until April 28, according to the ministry’s Decision 571, dated March 28.

Lung Cu commune in Tuyen Quang province has chosen tourism as its leading economic sector, not only capitalising on local strengths but also as a natural path to create jobs, support sustainable poverty reduction, and enhance living standards in Vietnam’s northernmost region.

VOV.VN - After more than a year of implementation, Vietnam has largely completed its nationwide programme to eliminate temporary and dilapidated housing, finishing five years and four months ahead of schedule.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly on December 11 approved a resolution to implement a national target programme for new-style rural development, sustainable poverty reduction, and socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2026–2035.

Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen on November 6 received Sylvain Ouillon, Chief Representative of the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) in Vietnam, to discuss potential cooperation in air quality monitoring and pollution reduction in the capital city.

Vietnam has considered sustainable poverty reduction a consistent and long-term national policy throughout its process of renewal and development towards socialism.

VOV.VN - As part of its commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Vietnam has pledged to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including the goal of ending poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Vietnam will receive US$5 million between September and October from the additional transfer of 1 million tonnes of CO2 to the World Bank under the Government's recent resolution regarding the transfer of excess greenhouse gas emission reductions from the north-central region for the 2018-2019 period.

By August 2025, Vietnam has eliminated around 240 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent through the management and phase-out of substances controlled under the Montreal Protocol, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Le Cong Thanh said at a workshop held in Hanoi on September 15 to mark International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 2025 (September 16).