Green growth

Building the foundations To Van Chanh, Chairman of Krong Pa People’s Committee, said that Gia Lai People’s Committee has taken 17 investors to survey the solar power potential in Krong Pa for 19 projects of more than 1,000MWp in total capacity. Particularly, the two projects of Gia Lai Electricity have finalised the investment phase and have been connected to the national grid. … [Read more...] about Central Highlands glowing in green energy prospects

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - For two decades, farmer To Nguyen Ho Hai in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai grew peppers, enjoying a boon in production. Five years ago, the industry was doing so well, and the price of peppers so high, he more than doubled his investment, increasing from 900 pepper pillars to 2,000.    At the time, farmers took their profits and reinvested with prices hitting as much as 260,000 VND (11.2 USD) per kg at their peak in 2015. Hoang Phuoc Binh, Vice Chairman of the Pepper Association of Gia Lai province’s Chu Se district, recalled the time when peppers were hot in more ways than one.   “Every farmer, every household grew peppers,” he said. “The more profit they earned, the more money they poured in investing in buying land to grow more pepper.” According to Vu Ngoc An, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, when people saw households making profits of up to 500 million … [Read more...] about Quality key to pepper growth, not quantity

The world is at the start of a new decade, full of possibilities but also challenges. The accelerated urbanisation trend comes along with complex environmental issues. Global green architecture trends are forcing developing countries like Vietnam to find new and suitable solutions to keep up with the world. As an enterprise with sustainability as one of its major business principles, AkzoNobel has developed a wide range of sustainable paint products to meet customers’ needs. They have also implemented meaningful projects to innovate the country, such as the AkzoNobel Cares initiative. … [Read more...] about AkzoNobel turning potential into vivid, sustainable reality

The report noted the average daily spending by foreign visitors last year in Hanoi was $119.8, a year-on-year increase of 7 percent, but far below the amounts spent in Dubai ($537), Paris ($301) and Singapore ($286). In Phuket and Bangkok in Thailand they spent $239 and $173, and in Seoul it was $181. … [Read more...] about Hanoi trails regional tourist hubs in attracting visitors

Another recent study by Climate Central, published in October 2019, uses the estimates of Kopp et al (2014), which are based on sea level rise ranging from 0.3-0.8 meters to 0.5-1.2 meters and combines these with a new method to measure coastal elevation and determine population exposure. … [Read more...] about Sea level rise poses long-term credit risk to Vietnam: Moody’s