SDG 12 Responsible consumption and production

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 8th International Conference of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network for the Asia-Pacific Region will take place from September 5 to 17 in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang.Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc told reporters on August 22 that under the ...

Viet Nam joined ten other member countries of the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) at the second AZEC Ministerial Meeting held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 21. The event aims to discuss countries’ efforts to pursue net zero emissions targets. AZEC members include: Indonesia, Thailand, ...

In order to turn net-zero emission goals into reality, Vietnam needs to urgently apply measures to encourage people to use public transport and shift to electric vehicles.To reduce emissions to zero, the Prime Minister released Decision 876, approving an action plan on a green energy ...

A meeting on the progress of the World Bank-funded Mekong Delta Climate Resilience and Integrated Transformation Project (MERIT – WB11), which costs more than VND17.75 trillion (approximately $741 million) was held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on August 12 under the chair ...

Businesses involved in eco-tourism that use forest environmental services will have to pay fees for these services under the latest decree, which took effect on July 18. The update was announced on Wednesday during a conference on the Government’s Decree No. 91/2024/NĐ-CP. The decree provides ...

To reach environmental and climate goals, the EU has imposed the ESPR (Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation), commencing July 18, 2024, which is expected to have an impact on Vietnam’s key export products to the EU.According to the Vietnam Trade Office in Germany, the ESPR ...

The implementation of the Mekong Delta regional masterplan for 2021 – 2030, with a vision towards 2050, has helped shift the mindset about food security from developing agriculture based primarily on rice to a model of aquaculture – fruit – rice to increase value and ...