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Where honey means money and climate means change

24 April 2012 16:01 BST | Comments (0)
Mike Shanahan | Climate Conversations
Beekeeping is making life easier for women in rural Vietnam – but a shifting climate is forcing changes
Battling the barnacles to build climate resilience

17 April 2012 15:50 BST | Comments (3)
Mike Shanahan | Climate Conversations
Vietnamese villagers have overcome the tiny creatures killing off the mangrove trees they planted for storm protection
Southeast Asian journalists tackle disaster reporting at Hanoi workshop

12 April 2012 14:08 BST | Comments (0)
Ros Russell | TrustMedia Trainers Blog
Twelve journalists from Vietnam and other Asian countries took part in a week-long workshop on Reporting Disasters and Crises...
Awaiting an impending storm

01 April 2012 04:57 BST | Comments (1)
Nguyen Van Gia | Aid Worker Diaries
Tropical Storm Pakhar is scheduled to hit Vietnam on Sunday as a Category One storm commanding wind of up to 120km/h. Due to ...
South East Asia under water: Living in the Mekong Delta

04 November 2011 09:30 GMT | Comments (0)
care-international | Aid Worker Diaries
Sitting three deep in a glorified canoe, I’m carefully motored across the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.

NEWS:Mangroves reduce disaster risk, boost income options in Vietnam
Efforts to expand mangrove forests are paying dividends in northern Vietnam
NEWS:Vietnamese businesses ill-prepared for climate-linked disasters - study
Sixty percent of businesses surveyed say they’ve been hit by losses but few have insurance or emergency plans
NEWS:Hand, foot and mouth disease kills 18 children in Vietnam
The disease has already infected over 28,000 children in Vietnam this year, more than 10 times those infected in same period last year