(VOVWORLD) - The Centre for Supporting Green Development (GreenHub) has launched a project called “Moving toward model cities for waste management in coastal northeast Vietnam”. The project creates a foundation for making Ha Long and Hai Phong model cities for waste management.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese love fish and both demand and consumption of fish is on the rise. On the one hand that’s good, because fish is high in protein and low in fat and that helps to feed a hungry world while providing livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people across the Asia-Pacific region. But this increase in demand has also created opportunities for criminals to make a profit.

(VOVWORLD) - The number of visitors to Co To island, Quang Ninh province has increased putting great pressure on the environment. Co To district has implemented measures to protect the sea and island environment to ensure sustainable tourism development.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese economy is growing rapidly and people’s lives are improving, say foreign economists.

(VOVWORLD) - The UN General Assembly on Friday will vote for 5 non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. Vietnam has been nominated by the Asia-Pacific UN members as their only candidate for the Council’s seat in the next 2 years. VOV assesses Vietnam’s chances to win.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is one of the countries most affected by climate change which will challenge water security and sustainable development. The government has renewed effort to protect water as a special resource.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania are on a three-day official state visit to the UK at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth II. Officials of both countries say that the visit affirms the US-UK special alliance while the public says that alliance has been at risk since Trump took office.

(VOVWORLD) - The Shangri-La Dialogue, the biggest security forum in the Asia-Pacific region, has ended in Singapore. The forum was an opportunity for countries to share their opinions about current hot issues in the region and around the world like the changing security order in Asia, strategic competitions between major economies, and marine security. At the forum, Vietnam voiced its stance of pursuing peaceful solutions to disputes.

(VOVWORLD) - The National Assembly is debating Vietnam’s planned participation in the International Labor Organization’s Convention 98 on the right to organize and do collective bargaining. On Wednesday, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh submitted to the Assembly the President’s statement on Vietnam joining the Convention, thereby honoring its Free Trade Agreement commitments.

(VOVWORLD) - The annual conference on the Future and Asia is being hosted by the Nikkei Inc in Tokyo on Thursday and Friday. High on the agenda of the conference is the trade war between the US and China and its impacts on Asia.