developing countries

GM crops continue to grow

February 25, 2012 | 13:28

The world is witnessing strong development of commercialised biotech crops.

World needs $1.9tn a year for green technology: UN

July 05, 2011 | 22:17

The world needs $1.9 trillion in green technology investments a year, with over half of that sum necessary for developing countries," the UN said Tuesday.

Lagarde plans IMF charm trip to woo China, Brazil

May 27, 2011 | 08:20

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde is planning a charm offensive to convince emerging economic powers like China and Brazil that another European should head the IMF, sources said Thursday.

FDI to developing world rebounding: World Bank

December 10, 2010 | 09:48

Foreign direct investment to developing countries is expected to rise 17 per cent this year as they drive the global economic recovery, the World Bank said Thursday.

Two billion people online by 2010 end

October 19, 2010 | 18:00

International Telecom Union’s (ITU) latest statistics in The World in 2010: ICT facts and figures, reveals that the number of internet users worldwide doubled in the past five years and will surpass the two billion mark in 2010.

Time to Reach an Agreement

September 14, 2010 | 15:34

Danish Permanent Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Claus Grube in an exclusive interview with VIR, says an agreement at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) at the Bella Centre in Copenhagen, is still possible.

Now is the Time to Act

September 14, 2010 | 14:52

Recently, typhoon Ketsana hit Southeast Asia very hard. It caused the worst flooding in the Philippines in 40 years and then continued its deadly path across the region, causing serious flooding and loss of life in Vietnam and Cambodia.

Stand Tall in Turbulent Times

September 14, 2010 | 00:53

On the eve of the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15), vice chairman of Vietnam’s UNFCCC Steering Committee and deputy director general of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Meteorology Hydrology and Climate Change Agency Nguyen Khac Hieu talks to VIR about the country’s climate negotiations.