The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the steering committee of the Vietnam-Sweden program on strengthening environmental management and land administration (SEMLA) launched a website http//semla.monre.gov.vn, in Hanoi on January 29. The website, published in Vietnamese and English, introduces lessons learned and results achieved in land and environmental management from the five-year program which started in 2004. SEMLA is a bilateral cooperation program between the governments of Vietnam and Sweden, which aims to set up a natural resources and environmental management system to help boost economic growth, poverty reduction, sustainable development and environmental protection.
