Climate & Disaster Response: Hanoi has launched a real-time rainfall and flood map mini app (“Ban do mua ngap”) inside iHanoi, pulling data from monitoring stations and pushing instant alerts so residents can plan safer routes during storms. Pollution & Health: A new wastewater dengue alert in Hawaiʻi Island highlights how quickly disease risks can surface when sanitation and monitoring lag. Carbon Markets: Vietnam’s ETS pilot has officially started, with 110 high-emitting facilities covered through 2028—signaling a shift from policy talk to real compliance planning for power, steel and cement. Green Industry & Resources: Hanoi approved a controlled pilot to produce rare earth oxides (over 95% purity) from Dong Pao ore, with strict environmental and radiation safety checks. Food & Livestock Safety: Japfa Vietnam is tightening an integrated Feed-Farm-Food closed-loop model, strengthening EHS systems across mills, farms and processing to improve workplace safety and environmental responsibility. Biodiversity & Nature-Based Resilience: A marine survey found a sunken Australian warship quickly became home to 50+ fish species—another reminder that ecosystems can rebound when habitats are protected. Regional Climate Diplomacy: China’s neighborhood diplomacy is being tested by climate-driven disasters, including floods and landslides affecting border areas with Vietnam and Laos.