During the workshop, the pilot activities in Quy Nhon, Ho Chi Minh City, Ha Long City, were introduced jointly with the non-profit organizations in charge of their implementation. They focused on strengthening the livelihoods of informal waste workers and supporting their recognition and/or inclusion in the waste management systems.Photo: UNDPAttending the online and offline workshop in Quy Nhon were representatives from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam, the Norwegian Embassy in Viet Nam, The Netherlands Embassy, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the People’s Committee of Quy Nhon, Vietnamese and international non-governmental organizations, the Women’s Union of Quang Ninh, Binh Dinh, Binh Thuan and Da Nang, and the informal waste workers.On March 2nd, 2022, at the UN Environment Assembly, the world's ministers of the environment endorsed critical resolutions that established a foundation fo
VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 16
16/01/2021 10:31 GMT+7
African swine fever vaccine to be available in Q3
Vietnam plans to produce and commercialise a vaccine against African swine fever in the third quarter of 2021, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien during a press conference in Hanoi on January 14.
Tien said the vaccine trials have produced positive results.
According to him, the vaccine is expected to ensure not only the supply of food from livestock farming but also livelihoods of 2.5 million breeding households.
Vietnam is targeting more than 90 percent of its communes and wards being free of African swine fever by 2022 and all by 2025.