NEWS AND EVENTS

The 2020 Law on Environmental Protection was approved by the 14th National Assembly at its 10th session and will take effect since January 1, 2022 with the aim at timely institutionalizing the CPV’s guidelines and directives and the State's policies on reforming Vietnam's environmental institutions in harmony with environmental protection...

Vietnam is known as a coastal country with a coastline of 3,260 km and over 3,000 various sized islands and waters, continental shelves and exclusive economic zones which are triple larger than the land area. The marine resources of our country's waters are quite rich and diverse with more than...

Vienam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) has approved the project “Integrating and advocating for Social-Ecological Transformation (SET) in Vietnam’s tertiary education, the year 2021” owned by Center for Development of Community Initiative and Environment (C&E), a scientific and technological under VUSTA.

On August 13, 2021, Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Association (VUSTA) has approved the project of “In Search of Vietnam Pheasant Lophura edwardsi in the wild” owned by Viet Nature Conservation Centre, a scientific and technological organization under VUSTA.

Ha Noi, morning of June 11, 2021, Dr. Sc Phan Xuan Dung, Secretary of the Party Committee, VUSTA President paid a working visit to the Vietnam Association for Environmental Economic (VIASEE) and the Journal of Environmental Economics.

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Ha Noi, July 13, 2021 - Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics joined with USAID and Vietnam Initiative at Indiana University Bloomington held the virtual thematic conference “Reaching developing goals in a new normal”, with participation from 59 locations throughout the country.

August 18, 2021 - Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Association (VUSTA) and Vietnam institute for Energy Transition (VIET) held an online conference on “Offshore wind development in Vietnam: Environmental and social impact assessment regulations”.

August 19, 2021, InnoCity Global Launching 2021 was held online at nearly 150 locations in 16 countries around the world.

On July 12th, the delegate of the Party Central Committee's Commission for External Relations led by H.E Mr. Le Hoai Trung, member of the Central Committee of the Party, Head of the Committee visited and worked with the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA).

On July 29th 2021, the VUSTA’s Board of Management of the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project - The Global Fund cooperated with the Administration for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health to organize an online workshop discussing about the Draft Decree on medical facilities which are eligible to determine...

On July 30, 2021, Green Innovation and Development Centre (GreenID) held a workshop to review the project "Civil society meets renewable energy and energy efficiency” (or E-Enhance) through training courses, workshops, seminars and communication in order to contribute to promoting the implementation of the strategy of sustainable development and green...

On July 19, 2021, the VUSTA has approved receiption of the grant aid not in form of official development assistance, the project “Surveying the current situation and enhancing the participation of Grab drivers to access social security programs and improve working conditions” owned by the Center for Health Consultation and...

The website vusta.vn of the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) has been operationalized since 2002. So far, the website has grown strongly in terms of quantity, quality, contents and especially a huge team of collaborators, including those who did technical researches originally and then became real and...

On June 16, 2021 (on the afternoon of June 15, New York time), the Goldman Environmental Prize 2021 Award Council announced the six winners representing different regions around the world. Mr. Nguyen Van Thai, Director of the Save Vietnam's Wildlife, is the only Asian representative to receive the prize.

The project “Strengthening the role of women through solutions for sustainable recycling activities against plastic waste pollution” implemented by the Center for Environment Research and Community as non-refundable foreign aid subject to official development assistance funded by USA’s the Ocean Conservancy Inc has been approved by the VUSTA at its...

The Community HIV diagnosis project for the 2021-2022 period by Institute for Social Development Studies (ISDS), an affiliated science and technology organization, with non-refundable funding from AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), has been approved by VUSTA by releasing Decision 563/QĐ-LHHVN dated August 4, 2021.

VUSTA has just approved the project “sustainable, clean and safe ecological farming village at Yen Han and Yen Cu Village, Cho Moi District, Bac Kan Province” by releasing the Decision No. 491/QĐ-LHHVN dated June 252021. This is a non-refundable, foreign aided project which is implemented by Center of Help for Indigenous value...

The CEO of Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg said that “We build technology, and we feel responsible for how it’s used”. That means there is no longer previous view that “technology companies” do not take responsibility for their public contents. In fact, these social networks are more and more consolidating and...

On June 12 2021, the Opening Conference of InnoCity 2021 successfully took place. With the goal of promoting innovation - creativity spirit and seeking solutions to developing smart cities and urban areas in Vietnam, a series of kick off events were conducted virtual using Zoom. Vietnam Young Initiative Forum was...