Wildlife At Risk (WAR) and the Khan Quang Do (Red Tie) newspaper of Ho Chi Minh City launched a nature protection programme on June 27.

Viet Nam will extend payments for ecosystem services throughout the country following the success of a two-year pilot project.

Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Van Duc spoke with Dai Doan Ket (Great Solidarity) newspaper about efforts to protect the environment from industrial pollution.

A grand meeting was held in Quang Binh province to mark World Environment Day (June 5) in the presence of State President Nguyen Minh Triet, Party officials, provincial leaders, and representatives from the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources and the Fatherland Front Central Committee.

A workshop was held in the Mekong delta province of An Giang on May 27 for the provincial authorities and Swedish diplomats and experts to discuss environment and energy cooperation.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) will help Vietnam to develop a sustainable, environmentally friendly rattan industry by 2011.

Vietnam 's experience in tackling the impacts of climate change could be a great gift to the rest of the world, American expert Jameson Campbell Henn said.

The Vietnam Sea and Island Week 2010, themed “The ocean of the life, preserve the life of the ocean”, will be held in the central province of Quang Binh from June 4-6.

More than 200 delegates from Vietnamese and German agencies and businesses gathered in HCM City on April 21 for the first Germany-Vietnam economic conference on climate change and energy.

The 16 th ASEAN Summit adopted the ASEAN Leaders’ Statement on Joint Response to Climate Change in Hanoi on April 9.