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Vu Ha
Vu Ha has been working for Vietnam News Agency (VNA) for 8 years. In four of those years she has worked as a reporter at the Science and Technology Newspaper and as sub-editor at the World News Department where she is working now. Before joining VNA, she graduated from Hanoi University of Commerce with specialising in Business Management and Accountancy. She mainly covers news in Asia, Africa and Oceania in politics and diplomatics. But she has also been writing about climate change for more than two years which she finds interesting as her country Vietnam is among the 10 most vulnerable and affected countries. Beside, being a member of executive board of the VNA’s Youth Union which has almost 550 members, she is planning to create a working group of VNA’s young journalists who have feel strongly about covering environmental issues.
Posts by Vu Ha
Copenhagen climate talks contentious, outcome unclear
No commentsDespite some agreement on climate issues, a big divide exists between rich and poor countries here at UN climate talks in the Danish capital. See video.
»Vietnam responds to climate challenge with first-ever event
No commentsVietnam held its first-ever climate side event at UN talks in the Danish capital, explaining to an international audience about the impacts being felt already in the Southeast Asian country, which is listed among the top ten countries most vulnerable to climate change.
»Climate negotiations stumble amid discord
No commentsClimate negotiators try to whittle a new climate deal into a manageable text as world leaders begin to arrive at UN talks here in the Danish capital, but big differences remain between countries, including the old rift between rich and poor, as well as tension amongst developing countries themselves.
»Vietnam to raise its voice at UN climate talks
No commentsVietnam will speak with a louder voice this year at UN climate talks, said a leading delegate. The more assertive stance, as developing countries work to convince the industrialized countries to make deeper cuts in greenhouse pollution and find more money to help others with technology to adapt to climate change, will include hosting its first ever “side event” on Dec. 14.
»Vietnam fourth worst hit by climate change — report
No commentsVietnam ranks fourth of countries hardest hit by climate change catastrophes, according to a study released yesterday at UN climate talks here in the Danish capital. From 1990 to 2008 weather disasters took an average of 466 lives each year, said GermanWatch.
»Climate talks open with warnings of danger ahead
No commentsLandmark UN climate talks opened here Monday, with Denmark’s prime minister and a world-famous climate scientist reminding the 15,000 people joining from 191 countries that the world is running out of time to deal with the threat of catastrophic climate change.
»Countries come with pledges of carbon cuts, but gaps remain
No commentsCOPENHAGEN–From America to Asia to Africa, government delegates have arrived here in the Danish capital with promises to work hard together to prevent irreversible and catastrophic climate change. Many have also come with national targets to cut greenhouse gases, but big gaps remain between what is being offered and what many are asking for.
»Entirely Common
No comments“Protecting climate system is a common responsibility for the world’s interests,” said Mr Nguyen Thien Nhan, Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency’s reporter on the first day of the high-level segment of COP 14. He added that the Vietnamese Goverment is willing to work closely and actively with the international community to achieve the ultimate objective of the Framework Convention and Kyoto Protocol in pursuit of global sustainable development.
»Support from European countries for Vietnam’s climate proposal
No commentsVietnam’s call to help the five countries most affected by rising seas gained support at UN climate talks in Poland from several European countries and the UN Environment Program, including France, the Netherlands, the UK, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
»UK may support Vietnam climate change project — delegate
No comments“Great Britain pledges to consider Vietnam for a model project on climate change,” a Vietnamese delegate at UN climate change talks in Poland told VNA on condition of anonymity.
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