News
Vietnam joins global community in protecting ozone layer
During the past 30 years of participating in the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Vietnam has made efforts to synchronously implement various mechanisms, policies and solutions to manage and eliminate ...
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
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 ...
Viet Nam contributes towards a zero-emission Asia
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, ...
Thuy Dung
Shift to electric vehicles needed to reach net-zero emission goals
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 ...
Dinh Quy
Vietnam oriented toward development of competitive retail electricity market
After nearly 20 years of implementation and four rounds of amendments and supplements, there are still some issues that the current Electricity Law does not adequately address. These include the lack of a comprehensive legal mechanism to facilitate the transition from encouraging and supporting renewable ...
Translated By Anh Quan
How to develop new energy sources?
From the Green and Clean Energy towards Net Zero forum, Vietnam Economic Times / VnEconomy sought insights and solutions from various stakeholders on developing new energy sources for the country’s green future.Dr. Ta Dinh Thi, Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Science, Technology, ...
Project developing 1 mln ha of rice in Mekong Delta yeilds good result
Initial assessments show that the rice farming model under the project to develop 1 million ha of specialised rice cultivation with high quality and low emissions associated with green growth in the Mekong Delta region from now to 2030 has yielded positive results, according to ...
Chuong Phuong
Vietnam Energy Outlook Report 2024 launched
Viet Nam’s CO2 emissions should peak in 2030 and the green energy transition needs to happen urgently and at a faster pace than previously.The above finding was highlighted in the Viet Nam Energy Outlook Report-Pathways to Net Zero which was released on June 19. According ...
Hoang Ha