Most of the whole pangolins are being trafficked from Laos, Thailand and India.
Category: Viet Nam
Giant offshore wind turbines may come to Vietnam
Vietnam could become a future global leader in offshore wind energy generation, after recent analysis showed the country has vast potential along its 3,000 kilometre coastline.
Norway to help Vietnam, Thailand tackle waste and pollution
One component of the project will be carried out by applicants who propose innovative solutions to clean up coastal areas in the popular tourist destinations of Ha Long Bay in Vietnam and Koh Samui in Thailand.
Climate finance helps people adapt to change
The Mekong Delta project’s goal is to support climate-smart land- and water-management practices. On the ground, this means helping farmers transition to climate-resilient agricultural and aquacultural practices.
WB US$84.4 million to Vietnam for climate-resilient landscapes
Efforts include climate smart landscape planning (particularly for forests and the Mekong Delta), climate budgeting, and improving water resources protection and use efficiency.
“Polluter pays” in Vietnam’s amended Environment Protection Bill
Current environmental laws do not have any regulations on the “polluter-pays principle”, so fails to encourage people to reduce, reuse, recycle and classify the waste at source.
Vietnam eyes power plants sales to fund new projects, ease debt
Vietnam, one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies, will have to battle severe power shortages from 2021 as demand outstrips construction of new power plants.
Mekong River offshoot erodes like a drill
Because the major factors contributing to erosion in the Mekong Delta cannot be solved: “All solutions to fight erosion in the delta are temporary.”
Delta must have ’emergency plan’ on climate change
The Mekong Delta region must include an “emergency” response to climate change in its regional planning for the 2021-30 period as rising seas, coastal erosion and subsidence could occur earlier than previously thought,