Extreme weather events

Hanoi (VNA) - Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha on January 18 signed a decision announcing the top 10 events of the sector last year. Below are the selected events. 1. The 14th National Assembly approved the revised Law on Environmental Protection. With 16 chapters and 171 articles, the revised law marks the first time a resident community has been defined as a subject in environmental protection. It also regulates environmental audits, the management and handling of waste to develop a circular economy, climate change response, the development of a domestic carbon market, and the conservation of natural heritages in line with international law, among others. The law will take effect from January 1, 2022. 2. Unusual and extreme natural disasters took place across three regions. Hail and thunderstorms rained down violently on many northern provinces from the outset of the Lunar New Year 2020. The dry season saw a serious water shortage in the Mekong Delta, … [Read more...] about Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment announces top 10 events

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Addressing the opening ceremony, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoàng Đạo Cương said the exhibition aims to highlight the CPV’s leadership during the country’s struggle for independence, the Đổi mới (renewal) process, and national construction, and the Vietnamese people’s achievements in constructing and safeguarding the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland. … [Read more...] about Exhibition on Communist Party of Việt Nam opens in Hà Nội

Foreign reporters have to register with the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Covid-19 tests. Roughly 4,000 delegates who will participate in the coming 13th National Congress of the Vietnamese Communist Party will experience Covid-19 tests on January 18-23. On January 10, more than 6,000 police and army men on a security drill in Hanoi for the Communist Party of Vietnam’s 13th Congress that is slated to take place on January 25 to February 2 at the National Convention Centre in Nam Tu Liem District. … [Read more...] about CPV Congress journalists to be Covid-tested