Vietnam - Environment
As far as the environment of Vietnam is concerned, there have been logging and slash-and-burn agricultural practices contribute to deforestation and soil degradation; water pollution and overfishing threaten marine life populations; groundwater contamination limits potable water supply; air pollution; growing urban industrialization and population migration are rapidly degrading environment in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands.
About the environment of Vietnam
| Climate | We have tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March) |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 1.49% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0.35% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 9,570,300 tons (2011 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 884.12 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Sông Tiên Giang (Mekong) river mouth (shared with China [s], Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia) - 4,350 km; Pearl river source (shared with China [m]) - 2,200 km; Red river mouth (shared with China [s]) - 1,149 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 1.21 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 3.07 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 77.75 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 20.89 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 192.67 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 110.4 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 34.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 20.6% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 12.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 2.1% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 45% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 20.2% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 39.5% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 2.7% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 9.321 million Ho Chi Minh City, 5.253 million HANOI (capital), 1.865 million Can Tho, 1.423 million Hai Phong, 1.221 million Da Nang, 1.111 million Bien Hoa (2023). |
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