Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 13 Climate action
Việt Nam to pilot carbon trade exchange from 2025
Việt Nam plans to set up and pilot a carbon trade exchange from 2025, according to a new Government decree on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and Ozone layer protection. The document stipulates several articles of the Law on Environmental Protection and maps out a roadmap ...
Vietnam inspires the world in climate change response
After five years of efforts to carry out the international commitment on climate change and reduction of greenhouse gas emission, Vietnam completed the update on Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), and sent it to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) amidst the complicated ...
Updated climate change scenarios, national climate assessment report released
The updated climate change scenarios and the national climate assessment report were released at a workshop on January 14 by the Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).MoNRE Deputy Minister Le Cong Thanh said the ...
Mekong Delta faces challenge to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in rice farming
Rice production is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture, and how to reduce the emissions while still ensuring food security and raising farmers’ income in the Mekong Delta is now a hard nut to crack to many.Nguyen Van Toan from ...
National Steering Committee for implementing commitment on climate change established
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 21 signed a decision approving the establishment of a National Steering Committee for implementing Vietnam’s commitments at the the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26).The Steering Committee is an inter-sectoral organization, performing the function of ...
Vietnam preparing for a greenhouse gas emission reporting system
Based on the revised Environmental Protection Law approved in 2020 and the detailed enforcement regulations, the Vietnamese Government is proceeding with the construction of a greenhouse gases (GHG) emission reporting system for business establishments. It is expected that next year, the Prime Minister will issue ...
$4 billion investment in climate change response announced at COP26 Summit
The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate), a major new initiative led by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and United States (US) with the support of over 30 governments, officially launched on 02 November. This includes $4 billion in investments to accelerate innovation ...
Seminar seeks to improve firms’ role in climate change response
A seminar on promoting the involvement of pioneering enterprises in natural disaster prevention and control, and response to climate change and epidemics was held in Hanoi on October 15.Agriculture suffers the most consequences of natural disasters while newly-established firms are also the most vulnerable to ...
National Green Growth Strategy for 2021-2030 adopted
Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has signed Decision No. 1658/QD-TTg approving the National Green Growth Strategy for 2021-2030 period, vision to 2050.The overall goal of the strategy is to contribute to accelerating the process of restructuring the economy in association with growth model transformation ...
Project targets to plant additional 20,000 hectares of forest in response to climate change
Vietnam will strive to plant an additional 20,000 hectares of forest, including 9,800 hectares of mangrove forest and 10,200 hectares of forest for shielding from winds in the 2021-2030 period.The target has been set under a project on protecting and developing coastal forests to respond ...
