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

28/07/2023 9:15

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

27/08/2020 8:58

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)

31/03/2020 15:25

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

31/03/2020 15:19

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

06/10/2018 14:14

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 …