The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has selected 10 top events in fields under its management in 2018.

Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Quy Kien has stressed the need to continue reviewing, evaluating and improving policies, regulations, strategies and planning schemes involving the management of natural resources and protection of marine environment.

The sixth Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) concluded on June 28 in the central city of Da Nang with 29 countries pledging to provide US$4.1 billion for the next four years for numerous global environment-related programmes.

VOV.VN - On June 27, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had meetings with leaders of the South Pacific countries of Nauru and Marshall, and Guyana on the fringes of the sixth Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in the central city of Da Nang.

Vietnam is willing to accompany with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in boosting sustainable development for the current and future generations, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

VOV.VN - Around 600 locals and delegates at the 6th Global Environment Facility (GEF) Assembly worked together to clean up rubbish from beaches in the central coastal city of Da Nang on June 26.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the World Bank (WB) to continue its financial and technical support for Vietnam during his meeting with the WB’s Vice President for East Asia and Pacific Victoria Kwakwa in Da Nang on June 27.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc lauded the UN Development Programme (UNDP)’s assistance for Vietnam over the past four decades when he met with UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner in central Da Nang city on June 27.

Vietnam wants the Global Environment Fund (GEF) to continue helping Vietnam in well addressing environment-related issues, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said during his reception for GEF CEO and Chairperson Naoko Ishii in Hanoi on May 30.

VOV.VN - The American army’s chemical warfare in Vietnam severely damaged Vietnam’s ecology.

A photo and poster design contest for environmental protection was launched in Hanoi on June 30.

VOV.VN - A photography and poster contest on the environment was launched on June 30 by the General Department of Environment, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s recent working trip to France, Belgium and the European Union yields pragmatic outcomes across politics, external affairs, economics and culture, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc said in a press interview in Belgium on December 2.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on November 30 held bilateral meetings with leaders of 24 countries on the sidelines of the ongoing 21st Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris.

The Prime Minister has approved the project to develop competency for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources access and benefit-sharing in Vietnam.

The Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Office in Vietnam held a conference in Hanoi on October 7 to evaluate the nation’s readiness to implementing the initiative.

(VOV) - More than 800,000 Vietnamese citizens have benefited from an environmental sanitation project which is being implemented in coastal cities of Dong Hoi, Quy Nhon and Nha Trang.

The Prime Minister has approved Vietnam’s participation in a regional project funded by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) as part of efforts to implement the Stockholm Convention of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP).

The Prime Minister has approved a project to develop LED (lighting-emitting diode) lighting technology in Vietnam partly funded by the United Nations Development Programme via the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

The promotion of non-fired brick production and utilisation project in Vietnam is expected to help the country realise specific targets of the green growth strategy such as reducing environmental pollution, rehabilitating contaminated areas, improving the local livelihood, and mitigating the depletion of natural resources.