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Training course raises awareness of climate change in coastal areas
Publish date 12/07/2021 | 16:03
Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) As published in Viet Nam Plus on 7 July 2021 Hanoi (VNA) – An online workshop and training programme on community-based disaster risk...
Equipping localities in climate fight
Publish date 26/01/2021 | 06:13
As published in Vietnam Investment Review on 26 Jan 2021 Being one of the most vulnerable countries to natural disasters and climate change, Vietnam annually suffers from huge losses. To...
Insurance gap adding risk to families
Publish date 19/01/2021 | 06:18
Since 2017, thousands of storm- and flood-resilient homes have been built for poor families in some coastal provinces through a joint project by the Green Climate Fund, the Vietnamese...
UNDP helps Vietnam’s coastal communities adapt to climate change
Publish date 04/12/2020 | 05:59
As published in VOV World on 14 November 2020 (VOVWORLD) - Mangrove forests are an important buffer between the sea and coastal communities. The United Nations Development Program...
UNDP helps Quang Ngai residents increase resilience to natural disasters
Publish date 14/11/2020 | 06:03
A safe house remains intact through Molave, the strongest storm to hit the region in decades. (Photo: baotainguyenmoitruong.vn) As published in VOV World on 14 November 2020 ...
Storm-proof home initiative transforming living conditions
Publish date 13/11/2020 | 06:06
Poor residents in several provinces are realising life-long dreams to have stable and safe homes As published in VietNam Investment Review on 13 November 2020 More than a...
1,100 storm-resilient houses built by GCF
Publish date 01/03/2019 | 11:14
A mangrove forest in Tam Giang Lagoon, the central province of Thừa Thiên – Huế. — VNA/VNS Photo Hồ Cầu As published in Viet Nam News on 18/1/2019 HÀ NỘI — Nearly 1,100...
GCF funds project to increase Vietnam’s climate change resilience
Publish date 24/06/2018 | 08:49
A photo of the GCF-Vietnam cooperation dialogue (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Green Climate...
Funded project to ease impact of climate change
Publish date 24/06/2018 | 08:47
An initiative for managing natural disasters was introduced on Friday in the context of increasing extreme weather events in Việt Nam.— VNA/VNS Photo ...
37 storm-resistant houses handed over to coastal communities
Publish date 24/06/2018 | 08:46
The Vietnam Disaster Management Authority (VNDMA), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) yesterday handed over and inaugurated...
Vietnam and U.N. to build storm-proof housing for coastal communities
Publish date 24/06/2018 | 08:43
KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thousands of families on Vietnam’s typhoon-battered coast will receive free storm-proof houses, which can help pull them out of poverty, government and...
