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EU pledges to support Vietnam to deal with climate change
The European Union (EU) has committed to support Vietnam in coping with climate change and ready to share experience to help Vietnam transform into a green economy, Ambassador and head of the EU Delegation to Vietnam Bruno Angelet said at the conference in Hanoi on September 21.
The EU Delegation to Vietnam and embassies of some EU countries held a press conference on climate change in Hanoi on September 21. The event was part of the European Climate Diplomacy Week in the country from September 19-25.
Speaking at the conference, Ambassador and head of the EU Delegation to Vietnam Bruno Angelet said climate change is one of the key areas of cooperation between the EU and Vietnam.
Ambassador Bruno Angelet said the EU has assisted the Vietnamese Government to build a report on intended nationally determined contributions (INDC) which will be sent to the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. It is also helping Vietnam to achieve those INDCs.
The EU is working with Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment in green growth and with the Ministry of Industry and Trade to reform the energy industry with non-refundable aid of 350 million EUR, Bruno Angelet noted.
At present, many EU countries are helping Vietnam tackle climate change through various projects.
Belgian Ambassador Jehanne Roccas said her country’s Government is working with Vietnam to deal with climate change through policy dialogues among specialists on laws, policies and activities. The two countries will begin a cooperation programme on climate change and the environment worth 85 million EUR in 2019.
The Dutch Government has assisted Vietnam’s universities to promote research on climate change and sustainable development, Dutch Ambassador Nienke Trooster said, noting that the countries have also cooperated in water resources management, agriculture and food.
The Netherlands is funding 10 million EUR for a clean water supply project in Ho Chi Minh City, she added.
According to the German Embassy, a 50-million-EUR loan from Germany’s KfW Development Bank is financing a wind power plant in Vietnam. The factory is set to be inaugurated this November and help reduce 28,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions every year.
At the press conference, representatives of the embassies of Demark, Finland, France, Italy, the UK and Spain also shared information about ongoing and future cooperation projects on climate change with Vietnam.
Delegates said as Vietnam is among the 10 countries most vulnerable to climate change, it should become a low-carbon economy.
Speaking at the conference, Ambassador and head of the EU Delegation to Vietnam Bruno Angelet said climate change is one of the key areas of cooperation between the EU and Vietnam.
At the press conference on climate change.
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The EU is working with Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment in green growth and with the Ministry of Industry and Trade to reform the energy industry with non-refundable aid of 350 million EUR, Bruno Angelet noted.
At present, many EU countries are helping Vietnam tackle climate change through various projects.
Belgian Ambassador Jehanne Roccas said her country’s Government is working with Vietnam to deal with climate change through policy dialogues among specialists on laws, policies and activities. The two countries will begin a cooperation programme on climate change and the environment worth 85 million EUR in 2019.
The Dutch Government has assisted Vietnam’s universities to promote research on climate change and sustainable development, Dutch Ambassador Nienke Trooster said, noting that the countries have also cooperated in water resources management, agriculture and food.
The Netherlands is funding 10 million EUR for a clean water supply project in Ho Chi Minh City, she added.
According to the German Embassy, a 50-million-EUR loan from Germany’s KfW Development Bank is financing a wind power plant in Vietnam. The factory is set to be inaugurated this November and help reduce 28,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions every year.
At the press conference, representatives of the embassies of Demark, Finland, France, Italy, the UK and Spain also shared information about ongoing and future cooperation projects on climate change with Vietnam.
Delegates said as Vietnam is among the 10 countries most vulnerable to climate change, it should become a low-carbon economy.
