Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 12 Responsible consumption and production
Circular economy crucial for Vietnam's green growth
The circular economy is pivotal to achieving green growth, a green economy, and ultimately, sustainable development goals, said an expert. The draft National Action Plan for implementing the circular economy, currently prepared by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, proposes five key objectives and ...
Nhĩ Anh
Vietnam must have more green buildings: Ministry of Construction
The Ministry of Construction reports that the nation presently possesses over 400 green buildings, with a total floor space of almost 10 million square meters. The number of green buildings in the country is roughly on par with other nations in the ASEAN region; however, ...
Translated by Anh Quan
Mekong Delta rice projects: early wins, ongoing hurdles
Việt Nam’s plan to cultivate one million hectares of high-quality, low-emission rice in the Mekong Delta has yielded some early success. A comparison between project and non-project fields also reveals a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The former emits about 12 tonnes less CO2 equivalent ...
For sustainable production and consumption
While sustainable production is slowly taking hold around Vietnam, interest in sustainable consumption would benefit from raising awareness about what it actually means for consumers. Financial factors and the placing of trust in the right products are crucial in the process of sustainable consumption. According to ...
Anh Hoang
Legal framework critical to boosting green credit
Green growth and sustainable development is now an inevitable trend and a goal that all countries are striving for, including Vietnam, as it faces environmental problems heavily impacted by climate change.There remain many barriers to green credit supply. Among them, there is still a lack ...
Vietnam adapts to global trends in environmental, social and governance practices
Practicing responsible business in accordance with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria is considered a key that contributes to realising Vietnam’s commitment to bring net emissions to zero by 2050.On the journey towards green growth, ESG criteria are the standard for measuring and evaluating an ...
Agricultural sector turns sustainability into opportunity
The Vietnamese agricultural sector has taken great strides toward sustainability, contributing to the nation’s green growth and its commitment to climate change response.Vietnam is promoting its agricultural restructuring, shifting from the mindset of agricultural production to that of a holistic agricultural economy, and green and ...
Experts discuss low-emissions rice project
Experts have gathered in a seminar held on August 26 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development focusing on advancing sustainable development and green growth in the Mekong Delta region through a significant rice cultivation project. The initiative aims to enhance rice production while ...
New policy promotes green banking development in Vietnam
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) is pushing all credit institutions to go green in terms of banking and credit. They have issued a decision (Decision No 1663/QD-NHNN) aimed at making it easier to access green capital for green projects and the SBV requires all ...
Vietnam promotes circular economy in waste recycling
Many businesses in Vietnam have developed circular economy models, focusing on waste-to-energy and producing building materials from the ash and slag of thermal power plants.Regarding difficulty in the development of a circular economy, experts said Vietnam is confronted with many challenges relating to institutional capacity ...