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Hanoi Launch Event on September 5, 2024

Hanoi Launch Event on September 5, 2024

The Living Deltas Hub Report and Network launch was held on September 5, 2024, at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Hanoi. The event was co-organized by the Vietnam National University Central Institute of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (VNU-CRES) at Hanoi, the UKRI GCRF Living Deltas Hub and the British Embassy in Hanoi. The event drew the attention of more than 40 governmental officials from different ministries such as the …

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT #2

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT #2

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT #2  ORGANIZER’S FOREWORD Hosting this international conference is one of the opportunities for VNU-CRES to engage and explore various global perspectives, build collaborative relationship and expand its cooperation in research, training, information and academic exchange. It also promotes and builds capacities for our staff in occupational and environmental health with other research institutions and organizations in the …

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENCE

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENCE

The Conference Organizing Committee is proudly present the First Occupational Health, Safety and Environment (OSHE) at the Vietnam National University to be sponsored by the Workplace Health Without Borders (WHWB) branches in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia and hosted by the Vietnam National University - Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (VNU-CRES). Our conference’s theme for this year is …

Advancing Policy and Practice on  Climate Action through intergenerational  dialogue in Vietnam and beyond across  Southeast Asia

Advancing Policy and Practice on Climate Action through intergenerational dialogue in Vietnam and beyond across Southeast Asia

APPOCA is funded by the British Academy Maximising Impact scheme (funded by the UK's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology), that is intended to take forward impacts from ongoing cutting-edge research. APPOCA has been developed to advance the impacts from the Youth-led Adaption to Climate Change Challenges in Vietnam (YACC) project. You have been invited to these workshops as somebody with an important role to play in relation to …

Call for Participants for the International Joint Research and Training Workshop on Environmentally Green Technology for Sustainable Development Goals and Net Zero Emission

Call for Participants for the International Joint Research and Training Workshop on Environmentally Green Technology for Sustainable Development Goals and Net Zero Emission

Driven by the deterioration of environmental quality and the climate change, 2030 sustainable development goals (SDGs) and 2050 net zero carbon emission (NZE) have merged as significant global issues. More than 130 countries have set or are considering a target of reducing the emission of greenhouse gases to net zero by mid-century. Up to now, most countries have pledged to cut down CO2 emission by at least 45% in 2030 and achieve the net zero …

THE 1 st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE PRACTICAL ZERO EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES (PZETS 2023)

THE 1 st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE PRACTICAL ZERO EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES (PZETS 2023)

The 1st International Conference on the Practical Zero Emissions Technologies and Strategies (PZETS 2023) and the 2nd Workshop on Water Sustainability & Green Technology will be organized by the Australasia Practical Zero Emissions Society (APZES) and hosted by Ho Chi Minh University of Technology (HCMUT), Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh (VNU-HCM). This PZETS 2023 will be held from 9 to 12 December 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. …

Fieldwork activities in Bangladesh of Component 4

Fieldwork activities in Bangladesh of Component 4

After the first annual conference of the Living Deltas HUB project, 08 members of the research team under Component 4 and the Project Management Board members organized a preliminary field trip to the Ganges coastal plain - Brahmaputra-Meghna belongs to Khulna state, Bangladesh. The team surveyed a number of eroded river banks, coastal aquaculture sites and mangroves in Sunderban, Bangladesh, and conducted interviews with two groups of people …

VNU Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies held the international scientific conference on “Marine plastic pollution in Vietnam: Current situation and solutions”.

VNU Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies held the international scientific conference on “Marine plastic pollution in Vietnam: Current situation and solutions”.

Pollution of the marine environment due to plastic waste has become a global environmental problem that is paid great attention by governments, international organizations, scientists and people around the world. Currently, the Party and the Central Government of Vietnam have paid special attention to the sustainable development of the seas and islands and have assigned the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to develop a National …

VNU Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (VNU-CRES) participated in the International Conference on “The role of non-governmental organizations in responding to climate change” in Korea

VNU Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (VNU-CRES) participated in the International Conference on “The role of non-governmental organizations in responding to climate change” in Korea

In the framework of scientific cooperation at the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between VNU-CRES and the Asian Climate Change Education Center (ACCEC), Korea signed in 2018, the delegation of VNU-CRES led by Dr. Vo Thanh Son, Deputy Director General, attended the International Conference on "The role of NGOs in responding to climate change" on September 25-26, 2019 in Jeju Island, South Korea . The conference was co-organized by the …

Training workshop on “Application of conservation genetics and forensic science to improve the effectiveness of law enforcement in the management of primate and wildlife trade”

Training workshop on “Application of conservation genetics and forensic science to improve the effectiveness of law enforcement in the management of primate and wildlife trade”

Implementing the cooperation plan on science, technology and training in 2019, VNU Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (VNU-CRES) in collaboration with the Department of Biology, VNU University of Science (VNU-HUS) and the German Primate Center organized a training workshop on “Application of conservation genetics and forensic science to improve the effectiveness of law enforcement in the management of primate and …

43rd Southeast Asia Seminar: “Economic growth, ecology, and equality: Learning from Vietnam”

43rd Southeast Asia Seminar: “Economic growth, ecology, and equality: Learning from Vietnam”

Within the framework of cooperation in science and technology in 2019, from November 8-13, 2019, VNU-Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environment Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi in collaboration with the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University (Japan) organized the 43rd Southeast Asian Seminar on "Economic Growth, Ecology and Equality: Lessons from Vietnam". The dark side of economic growth often …

First announcement –  The 4th National Conference on Environmental Science and Sustainable Development

First announcement – The 4th National Conference on Environmental Science and Sustainable Development

Currently, the strong impact of climate change, the pressure of socio-economic development and global competition has depleted natural resources and biodiversity, environmental pollution, thereby affecting to the implementation of Vietnam's sustainable development goals. With the permission of Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), the VNU-Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (VNU-CRES) in collaboration with …

First Announcement – National workshop on: “Marine plastic pollution in Vietnam: Current situation & solutions”

First Announcement – National workshop on: “Marine plastic pollution in Vietnam: Current situation & solutions”

Currently, plastic waste is a global environmetal problem, negatively impacting on the ecosystem, environment, organisms, human health, and threatening the sustainable development of each country. Vietnam and other countries around the world are strongly responding to campaigns and action programs against plastic waste. The workshop aims to create a forum for sharing and exchanging knowledge, research results, and creating cooperative network …

The national scientific forum on marine biology and sustainable development

The national scientific forum on marine biology and sustainable development

Infomation of forum 1. The National Scientific Forum on Marine Biology and Sustainable Development will be held to summarize the achievements in marine biology and technological development in Vietnam during the past five years and propose solutions for resource utilization, conservation and sustainable development of natural resources towards 2025 and vision for 2035. 2. The forum themes focus on: + Marine biodiversity and conservation + …

Inception Workshop UKRI GCRF Living Deltas Hub

Inception Workshop UKRI GCRF Living Deltas Hub

The Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (CRES), Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam and School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University in the UK are going to organize the second inception workshop from 25th February to 1st March 2019. There are more than 40 participants from 12 countries all over the world participating in the workshop. This workshop aims to scope out Work Package …

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Hanoi Launch Event on September 5, 2024

Hanoi Launch Event on September 5, 2024

The Living Deltas Hub Report and Network launch was held on September 5, 2024, at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Hanoi. The event was co-organized by the Vietnam National University Central Institute of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (VNU-CRES) at Hanoi, the UKRI GCRF Living Deltas Hub and the British Embassy in Hanoi. The event drew the attention of more than 40 governmental officials from different ministries such as the …

THE 1 st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE PRACTICAL ZERO EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES (PZETS 2023)

THE 1 st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE PRACTICAL ZERO EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES (PZETS 2023)

The 1st International Conference on the Practical Zero Emissions Technologies and Strategies (PZETS 2023) and the 2nd Workshop on Water Sustainability & Green Technology will be organized by the Australasia Practical Zero Emissions Society (APZES) and hosted by Ho Chi Minh University of Technology (HCMUT), Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh (VNU-HCM). This PZETS 2023 will be held from 9 to 12 December 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. …

Hopes raised for the conservation of the world’s rarest turtle in Vietnam; second animal photographed in Dong Mo Lake, Hanoi

Hopes raised for the conservation of the world’s rarest turtle in Vietnam; second animal photographed in Dong Mo Lake, Hanoi

It has been a long and often tiring road, as conservation efforts for the world’s rarest turtle have been ongoing since 2003, with the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo-Myanmar Conservation (IMC) conducting surveys throughout 21 provinces in northern Vietnam.  The giant Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), also known as Hoan Kiem Turtle, is critically endangered; reaching up to 150kg or more in size, it was heavily hunted from the …

The first field trip of the Living Delta Project (HUB)

The first field trip of the Living Delta Project (HUB)

From the 13th to 16th of January 2020, a group of scientists of VNU Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environment Studies was headed by a PhD. Le Thi Van Hue, together with co-chairing Component 4 GS. Dr. Fabrice Renaud (University of Glasgow) organized the first field trip of the Living Delta Project. Preliminary study was carried out in Kim Trung commune of Kim Son district, Ninh Binh province, Giao Xuan commune of Giao Thuy district, …

Official launch event for the Living Deltas Hub in Hanoi

Official launch event for the Living Deltas Hub in Hanoi

On January 15th, 2020, the British Embassy, ​​together with the VNU-Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (VNU-CRES), Newcastle University and its affiliates solemnly organized the Commencement Ceremony of the Delta Research Project in Hanoi. Attending the ceremony were representatives of government agencies such as Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Natural Resources …

IUCN’s Sixth World Conservation Congress

IUCN’s Sixth World Conservation Congress

The IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016, which has taken place from 1st to 10th of September at Honolulu, Hawaii, focused on the theme “Planet at the Crossroads” in order to reconsider ways of world conservation in the future. Participating in the Congress has over 10,000 delegates from 190 nations across the world, including leaders from governments, public sectors, non-governmental organizations, authority agents, students, ethnic …