Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet co-chaired the panel discussion “Adaptation, finance and resilience in relation to sea-level rise” with spcial envoy of the French President and Ambassador for the Poles and Maritime Issues Olivier Poivre d’Arvor in New York on September 25 (local time).

The south-central province of Ninh Thuan is growing coastal forests to minimise the effects of natural disasters while also increasing green cover.

Ambassador Abdou Abarry, Permanent Representative of Niger to the United Nations (UN) has hailed Vietnam’s contributions to the UN Security Council (UNSC) as a non-permanent member of the council for the 2020-2021 tenure.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 23 proposed that the UN should establish a comprehensive database system on multi-dimensional impacts of sea-level rise in support of global response policy formulation.

Countries participating in a plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly’s 75th session on December 8 highlighted the importance of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as the international legal framework regulating all activities in the seas and oceans.

As one of the cities affected by climate change, Ho Chi Minh City has for many years been making plans to cope with it.

The fifth Asia-Pacific Coastal Aquifer Management Meeting began in the central coastal city of Da Nang on July 17, drawing nearly 50 domestic and foreign scientists and managers.