Youth group promotes environmental protection


Forty young households have planted 500 two-year-old trees in Tay Ninh Province's Ninh Dien Commune, Chau Thanh District.

The planting is part of a national programme on environmental protection launched this year by the Viet Nam Young People's Association, in co-operation with global shipping company MAERSK. Under the programme, young households are provided with saplings that they will take care of until the trees can be replanted.

Vietnam learns Japan’s low carbon experiences


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A number of measures for the building of a low-carbon society in Vietnam were introduced by the Japan National Research Institute of Environment (JNRIE) at a seminar in Hanoi on April 18.

The event was jointly held by the Vietnam Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources and JNRIE.
The low-carbon society project started in Japan’s Kyoto city in 2004, then expanded to China, the Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam with the aim of stabilising the global climate in the Asia-Pacific region.
Building a low-carbon society requires both immediate and international factors, assessment of special characteristics in each region and oriented forecast measures, said Mikiko Kainuma from JNRIE.
Low-carbon society model will create a foundation for the growth of developing countries, including Vietnam, she said.
Although low-carbon development has just presented itself in recent years, the Vietnamese government implemented many policies regarding the sector in an effort to minimise greenhouse emissions, said Nguyen Khac Hieu, Deputy Head of Department of Hydrometeorology and Climate Change.
Vietnam has worked on two emission scenarios with an average of 432 million tonnes of CO2 a year or 500 million tonnes by 2030, he noted.


Red-shanked monkeys in need of protection


Authorities in central Da Nang City have ordered a halt to land clearance at several tourism sites on Son Tra peninsula to protect the habitat of the rare red-shanked monkey.

The construction of roads and new tourist areas will have a negative effect on the red-shanked monkeys, according to researchers.

The monkeys are one of the most endangered primates in the world.


Dong Nai to inspect waste processors


Dong Nai Province's Department of Natural Resources and Environment will conduct inspections of 18 local waste processing enterprises on Friday.

According to the department, each year, local manufacturers discharge approximately 40,000 tonnes of harmful waste into the surrounding environment.


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