Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 3 -- Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Le Cong Thanh has urged ASEAN member countries to take more decisive and substantive action to protect the environment, towards a sustainable, inclusive, and resilient future for the region. In his speech delivered at the 18th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment (AMME-18) and 20th Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (COP-20 AATHP) and related meetings in Langkawi, Malaysia on September 3, Thanh highlighted Vietnam's achievements in environmental protection and climate change response, noting significant improvements across multiple indicators. Vietnam currently ranks 51st out of 165 countries and territo...