The Mekong Delta province of An Giang is being helped to produce a detailed and workable draft plan to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Farmers on their rice field in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang Vũ Minh Hải, chairwoman of the Climate Change Working Group, said this on January 18 at a workshop in the province organised by Oxfam Vietnam and the provincial People’s Committee. Hải said the draft plan seemed to lack detailed targets, such as how many tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) the province could cut down by 2030. It also failed to engage local farmers, especially vulnerable groups, who suffered the most from climate change, she said. In response, Nguyễn Công Khai from the provincial Natural Resources and Environment Department, who is in charge of the local plan to implement the Paris Agreement, said the province needed a detailed assessment on how much greenhouse gas was discharged from a range of activities, including the energy, transport and agricultural sectors each year. Without the assessment, the province has been unable to set specific targets, such as how many tonnes of carbon dioxide can be reduced in the draft plan, he said. “We are in need of support from the environment ministry and other agencies so that we can finish the draft plan before 2020, the time-frame set by the environment ministry,” Khai said. “It might take six months to finish the assessment if we get the support,” he said. An Giang is not the… [Read full story]
The Paris Agreement signed in 1973 forced the US to put an end to the war and withdraw its troops, leading to the liberation of southern Vietnam and national reunification two years later. Vietnam’s military and political forces in the south were kept in place to ensure the development of its revolutionary cause. The US plotted to impose neo-imperialism on Vietnam by launching an unjust war in the country with the aim of crushing the combative spirit of the Vietnamese people in the struggle for national freedom and peace. However, the invasion of Vietnam was the greatest error in the…... [read more]
In the evening of December 16th, at Vietstar tourism zone, Phu Yen provincial people's committee, in coordination with Vietnam Peace and Development Foundation, the Institute of Oriental Research and Development, the International Cultural-Economic Club, organized the international friendship exchange program, on the anniversary of 40 years signing the Paris Agreement on Vietnam (January 27th, 1973-January 27th, 2013). Provincial leaders and international friends presenting flowers to Former Vice President of Vietnam, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh Addressing at the program, Madame Nguyen Thi Binh, former Member of the Central Party Committee, former Vice President of The Socialist Republic of Vietnam,…... [read more]
(VOV) - Foreign delegates have participated in diverse programs in Hanoi and HCM City from January 24-28 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam. They said the Paris Agreement paved the way for the final victory of the Vietnamese people in their struggles for national liberation and reunification after decades of war. They declared support for the Vietnamese people's efforts to protect national independence and territorial sovereignty and build a prosperous, fair, democratic and civilized Vietnam. Many expressed great admiration for the Vietnamese fighting heroically against foreign aggressors and…... [read more]
The event is jointly organized by the National Committee on Climate Change (NCCC) and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB).Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung, the Vice Chairman of National Committee on Climate Change, chairs the high-level meeting. Participants include representatives of the National Committee on Climate Change (NCCC), the Vietnam Panel on Climate Change (VPCC), and the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); development partners…... [read more]
The Paris Agreement is the pinnacle of Vietnamese diplomacy during its anti-US war and a historical milestone in Vietnam's revolutionary diplomacy. Vietnam's President Truong Tan Sang (centre L) shakes hands with Nguyen Thi Binh (centre R), former foreign minister and head of the delegation for the Republic of South Vietnam during the Paris peace talks, next to Luu Van Loi (L), a former legal specialist for North Vietnam delegation and other former delegates at the 40th anniversary ceremony of the 1973 Paris Peace Accord at the National Convention Center in Hanoi January 25, 2013. The Paris Peace Accord led to…... [read more]
