An EU and French-funded project was launched on May 27 to improve the climate resilience of urban infrastructure in four northern central provinces of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The temperature may rise by 6°C in Vietnam by the end of 21st century if climate change is not prevented, French and Vietnamese scientists warned in a joint research project.

VOV.VN - Local businesses have been recommended to seek new markets and innovations into new products through global value chains (GVCs), whilst making use of existing free trade agreements (FTAs) to strengthen export resilience, according to the World Bank (WB)’s March Vietnam Macro Monitoring.

The People’s Committee of Da Nang city, in collaboration with the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), held a ceremony on March 4 to kick-start the Integrated Centre for Controlling Green and Smart Urban Resilience (ENSURE Centre) in the central city.

Challenges facing women in climate-resilient livelihood restoration after the COVID-19 pandemic drew the attention of delegates to a policy dialogue jointly held by the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) and the UN Women in Hanoi on February 28.

VOV.VN - There are positive signs ahead for Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), particularly as several foreign organisations have actively injected their money into local businesses showing a resilient recovery this year.

VOV.VN - A number of foreign ambassadors to Vietnam are impressed that Vietnam has gone to great lengths to weather the COVID-19 crisis and get its ailing economy back on track.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the WorldShare organisation have recently signed a cooperation agreement to build 73 flood-resilient houses for poor households affected by storms in the central province of Quang Binh.

VOV.VN - The Government of Vietnam and the World Bank have signed a US$221.5 million credit agreement to support Vietnam’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic through policy reforms aimed at improving financial inclusion and spurring greater environmental resilience.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health announced the detection of 15,586 new COVID-19 cases on December 25 across 57 localities throughout the country, down 583 from one day earlier, with Hanoi leading the tally with 1,879.