Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen The Phuong and Ambassador and Head of the EU delegation to Vietnam Bruno Angelet co-chaired the seminar.
Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen The Phuong said the agreement was passed at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21) in Paris in November 2015.
Vietnam reiterated her commitments in the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) to coping with environmental changes, he added.
Currently, nearly 30 cities and provinces in Vietnam have built and implemented their action plans on green growth, heard a seminar.
Deputy Minister Nguyen The Phuong said many localities and businesses have defined the building and implementation of green growth action plan as a crucial task, hence, promoting all necessary resources, strengthening policy and capacity, and renovating technologies.
The Deputy Minister noted that ministries and sectors are completing a draft plan to implement Vietnam’s INDC for the Government’s approval, stressing that the efforts have helped the country realise the target of sustainable development through 2030.
Also at the conference, Ambassador Bruno Angelet said:
Speaking at the seminar, Ambassador and Head of the EU delegation to Vietnam Bruno Angelet said that as the leading organization in the fight against climate change and promotion of green growth globally, the EU pledges to cooperate with Vietnam to pursue the common goals.
The EU is the best friend of Vietnam in greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, he added.
According to the MoPI’s Department for Science, Education, Natural Resources and Environment, the green growth strategy is intended to realise Vietnam’s millennium targets on CO2 emissions reduction, adding that the country still needs international support to fulfill its goals, especially green growth ones.
The seminar focused on discussing issues such as: the implementation of Vietnam's Green Growth Strategy; the experiences share in implementing the EU's green growth strategy in Europe, the implementation of Vietnam's strategy as well as the enhancing of mobilization of international support in green growth.
At the seminar, participants discussed the making of strategic plans of the EU and Vietnam in the fields of green industry, renewable energy, green urban areas, green construction and green finance.
Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen The Phuong said the agreement was passed at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21) in Paris in November 2015.
Vietnam reiterated her commitments in the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) to coping with environmental changes, he added.
Currently, nearly 30 cities and provinces in Vietnam have built and implemented their action plans on green growth, heard a seminar.
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The Deputy Minister noted that ministries and sectors are completing a draft plan to implement Vietnam’s INDC for the Government’s approval, stressing that the efforts have helped the country realise the target of sustainable development through 2030.
Also at the conference, Ambassador Bruno Angelet said:
Speaking at the seminar, Ambassador and Head of the EU delegation to Vietnam Bruno Angelet said that as the leading organization in the fight against climate change and promotion of green growth globally, the EU pledges to cooperate with Vietnam to pursue the common goals.
The EU is the best friend of Vietnam in greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, he added.
According to the MoPI’s Department for Science, Education, Natural Resources and Environment, the green growth strategy is intended to realise Vietnam’s millennium targets on CO2 emissions reduction, adding that the country still needs international support to fulfill its goals, especially green growth ones.
The seminar focused on discussing issues such as: the implementation of Vietnam's Green Growth Strategy; the experiences share in implementing the EU's green growth strategy in Europe, the implementation of Vietnam's strategy as well as the enhancing of mobilization of international support in green growth.
At the seminar, participants discussed the making of strategic plans of the EU and Vietnam in the fields of green industry, renewable energy, green urban areas, green construction and green finance.
