UN Women was one of a number of UN agencies and civil society representatives advocating for gender mainstreaming during talks at the UN Climate Change Conference in Cancún, Mexico (COP16), where Governments convened to negotiate how the international community should combat global warming after the Kyoto Protocol meets its end date in 2012. They succeeded in adopting a package of decisions, also known as the Cancun Agreements, on 11 December to combat climate change, which included gender and social dimensions.

To celebrate international women’s day, Viet Nam is honouring a select group of women who helped improve the quality of life in the country, Nguyen Thanh Ha reports.

 

Research undertaken by women scientists has made an important contribution to the country’s renovation process, said a national committee on scientific prizes.

The World Bank (WB) on January 5 launched the Vietnam Innovation Day programme with a mission seeking innovative ideas from local communities to deal with climate change.

Led by Hoang Thi Minh Hong, the first Vietnamese to visit Antarctica 12 years ago, the local group included a businessman, reporter, educator and environmentalist.

Today, September 9, all stores on Le Loi street, Hoi An ancient city in the central province of Quang nam, are using sedge and paper bags instead of plastic bags.

Wattle forest in Binh Phuoc province. Vietnam plans to increase its forest coverage to 42-43% of the country's total acreage by 2010 and to 47% by 2020.

For more than 30 years, Le Thi Hoa, Chairwoman of the Cong Nong Transportation Co-operative, has been working on cleaning up HCM City and improving the waste disposal system of the co-operative.

Natural calamities, mainly hails, flash floods, floodings, whirlwinds and especially typhoons Chanchu, Xangsane and Durian, caused a total losses of over VND 18.7 trillion (US $1.168 billion) to Vietnam in 2006, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).