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The UN members said this is an important topic concerning global efforts and actions, requiring a comprehensive approach. A United Nations Security Council debate on sea-level rise was held today [Oct 19] by Vietnam to help the world’s countries address its impact on international peace and security. Under the Arria-formula meeting, the informal consultations of the whole of the Security Council, the debate was co-organized and co-sponsored following Vietnam’s initiative by 10 members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) namely Viet Nam, Estonia, France, Ireland, Kenya, Niger, Norway, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Tunisia, the UK, and the US and co-sponsored by the Dominican Republic, Fiji, Germany, Guyana, Malta, Mauritius, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Romania, Saint Lucia, and Tuvalu. Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, Valérie …

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Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN delivered a speech at an Arria-formula meeting of the United Nations Security Council on sea-level rise and implications for international peace and security. He said of the people hardest hit by sea level rise globally, more than 70 percent live in Asia. Vietnam’s Mekong and Red River Deltas are among the areas most vulnerable to sea level rise. Other delegates lauded Vietnam’s initiative to organise the meeting, and shared the view that sea level rise has posed threats at both present and in the future, and resulted in the depletion of agricultural and aquatic resources. Sea level rise has also affected livelihoods of millions of people and worsened conflicts, they added. Many suggested that attention should be paid to mitigation and adaptation measures to climate change. They also agreed that legal consequences of sea level rise need to be addressed within the framework of international law, …

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Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the UN.  —VNA/VNS Photo NEW YORK — Việt Nam shares difficulties facing small island developing states, coastal countries and those located below the sea level that are grappling with adverse impacts of sea level rises, Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý, Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the UN said on Monday (local time). Speaking at an Arria-formula meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on sea-level rise and implications for international peace and security, Quý said out of the people hardest hit by sea-level rise globally, more than 70 per cent live in Asia. Viet Nam’s Mekong and Red River Deltas are among the areas most vulnerable to sea-level rise, he stressed. Other delegates lauded Việt Nam’s initiative to organise the meeting, and shared the view that sea-level rise has posed threats both at present and in the future, and resulted in the depletion of agricultural and aquatic resources. Sea …

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Trade surplus expected to soar sharply in the last months of the year The trade surplus is expected to soar sharply in the last months of the year The General Department of Customs has just released its report on Vietnam's imports and exports in the second half of September. Accordingly, the total import-export value reached $29.07 billion, up 17.9 per cent (equalling $4.42 billion) over the first half of the month. This outcome has boosted the total import-export turnover in the first nine months of 2021 to $483.82 billion (up 24.6 per cent on-year, equivalent to $95.39 billion). In the second half of September, trade surplus was $1.87 billion, contributing to reducing the trade deficit to $2.55 billion in the first nine months. Of this, total import-export turnover of the foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) was $335.85 billion, an increase of 28 per cent on-year (equalling $73.48 billion); total value of local firms was $147.97 billion, a rise of 17.4 per …

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