Vietnam has been recently making hard efforts to cooperate with the international community to achieve many goals in the socio-economic development and to raise people's living conditions. In 2016 Vietnam has begun implementing the five-year socio-economic development plans for the period of 2016-2020 with a vision to 2030 towards the sustainable development.
The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (KA) was approved by Parties on 15th October 2016 and come into effective since November 2017 as it has got ratification/approval from over 20 Parties.
The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was approved by Parties on 15th October 2016 and come into effective since January 1, 2019 as it has got ratification/approval from over 20 Parties.
At the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP22) organized in Marrakech, Morocco, the "Marrakech Action Proclamation for our climate and sustainable development" (UNFCCC, 2016) has been ratified by 200 countries including Viet Nam. This Call for Action has confirmed:
Climate change has a clear negative impact on human health and affects almost every aspect of the public's life in all countries around the world. The impact of climate change with the phenomenon of sea level rise, changes in rainfall caused drought, floods, heat waves, winds, storms, salinity intrusion, air quality decline, etc. is both direct and indirect on human health, putting more burden of public diseases and posing challenges for many countries and the health sector worldwide. In particular, climate change has a severe effect on public health in Vietnam as Vietnam is one of the countries most affected by climate change in the world.
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