International cooperation
Operating as the national focal point for international convention/ treaties on environmental matters:
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The Convention on Bio-diversity (CBD); |
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The Ramsar Convention on wet lands of international significance, especially habitats of water birds; |
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The BASEL Convention on trans-boundary movement of hazardous wastes and their disposal; |
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The Stockholm Convention on organic persistant pollutants that are difficult to be disintegrated (POPs); and |
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The Cartagena Protocol on bio-safety. |
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National Focal Point of ASOEN Vietnam; |
Co-ordinating and Implementing Regional Programs and Bilateral Co-operation Programs:
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The Project of the ASEAN Center for of Bio-diversity Conservation (ARCBC-EU); |
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The UNEP/GEF Project on "Preventing the trends of environmental degradation and pollution of the East Sea and the Thailand Gulf"; and |
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PEMSEA Program; COBSEA Program; |
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Swedish - Vietnam Program on Strengthening Land Administration and Environmental Management (SEMLA); |
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Swiss - Vietnam Program on Clean Air (SVCAP); |
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The Vietnam - Canada Project on Environmental Protection in Vietnam (VCEP); |
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The Vietnam - Netherlands Project on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (VNICZM); |
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The DANIDA Project on Environment Information and Reporting (EIR). |
International cooperation
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Built the Cooperational Forum amongst coutries: Vietnam, Lao and Campuchia in the environmental field. |
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Visited tour for 61 departments and other related offices and branches to the environmental management systems in Thai Lan, Xingapore, Malaysia, Korea, Phillipin… |
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Play role as the focal administration in some Convention, such as Ramsar, Biodiversity, Basel. |
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Promote the approval and contract to participating international conventions of environmental protection. |
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Launch the cooperating activities with UNEP, UNDP, UNIDO, WB, ADB, IUCN, WWF, IMO, CIDA, IDRC… |
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Focal point in cooperating with ASEAN in environmental subject (ASOEN). |
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Establish the First ASEAN Forum on environment in Hanoi ( from 20 to 24 September, 1999). |
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Implement projects supported by UNDP, Sida, CIDA, ADB and Nederland (SEMA, VCEP, HWM, SAREC, PCM, ICZM ) |
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Participating the UNEP/EAS regional Strategic on sea environment as the focal national agency and the member of COBSEA; Sea pollution monitoring Strategic of the IMO-RAS/92/G34 organization. |
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Bilateral cooperation with many nations such as Swithzeland, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Sweden, Nederland, Korea, ASEAN countries and other nations in protecting the environment. |
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Support Lao People’s Democratic Republic in building the environmental law. |
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Implement the commitment in cooperating with Korea, Thai Lan, Australia, Rumani in environmental field. |
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Organizing the International Supporting group about environment. |
Vietnam joint the international Conventions of the environment
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Convention of international natural heritage protection, 1972 Convention IAEA on early announcing the nuclear risk Convention of aiding in nuclear catastrophic or radioactive emergency circumstances Convention of wetlands which are of international importance, especially as the residence for water area birds- RAMSAR, 1971 International convention of preventing pollution from ships MARPOL CITIES convention of trading the endangered species, 1973 Montreal Protocol on the depleting ozone layer substances, 1987 Vien Convention of Ozone layer protection, 1985 UN Convention of Sea law, 1982 UN convention Frame on Climate change, 1992 Convention on managing the activities tranmitting cross-border hazardous chemicals and removing them (Basel, 1989) Convention of Desertification oppose International Declaration of UN of Cleaner Production Convention of hardly decayed pollutants POP
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19/10/1982 29/09/1987 29/12/1987 20/9/1989 29/08/1991 20/01/1994 26/01/1994 26/04/1994 26/07/1994 16/11/1994 16/11/1994 11/1998 22/09/1999 05/2001
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