Vietnam Briefing follows the progress of Vietnam’s commitment of net-zero at COP26, including eight areas that the government is required to focus on. The government is likely to release further decrees on implementation including investment incentives for foreign businesses.

Vietnam’s environment ministry has proposed measures aimed at curbing urban air pollution that could take effect next month, Vietnamese media outlets reported this week. The new directive—the smog-choked nation’s first potential step towards cleaner air—will task cities and provinces plagued by filthy air with the responsibility of devising and implementing plans to tackle a rising problem […]

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính called for a global approach, and international solidarity in response to climate change in his message to the informal Leaders’ Roundtable on Climate Change in New York, co-chaired by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the Egyptian President on Thursday.

HANOI (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính says there should be a comprehensive approach to tackling climate change, with the grassroots level as the foundation for delivering Vietnam’s commitment in the field.

Hanoi (VNA) – The Prime Minister on July 24, 2020 approved Vietnam’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). Accordingly, by 2030 Vietnam will reduce 9 percent of its total greenhouse gas emissions compared to the Business-As-Usual Scenario (BAU), equivalent to 83.9 million tons of CO2eq, using its domestic resources. Vietnam’s contribution can be increased up to 27 percent (equivalent to 250.8 million tons […]

NDO – Vietnam saved 436,000kWh of electricity, equivalent to VND812.9 million (US$34,900), in one hour from 20:30 to 21:30 on March 28, according to the National Power Dispatch Centre. In 2019, the country’s saved 492,000kWh of power – equivalent to VND917 million (US$39,400).

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has been working to update its draft Power Development Plan VIII (PDPVIII) to reduce coal-fired power generation and develop gas-fired power generation, especially liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to a news release by the Vietnam’s government.

Kim See-Lim, regional director, East Asia and the Pacific, for the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC), says Vietnam should set up stable regulatory frameworks and make quicker decisions to realize its carbon-neutral target.

Until now, Vietnam has finished its program to cope with climate change, creating a strong foundation for the observation of national commitments to the Paris Agreement, including reducing 8 percent of greenhouse gases from 2020 – 2030 or 25 percent with the aid of international organizations. In order to carry out this program, Vietnam needs […]

Vietnam will greatly reduce coal-based power generation and rapidly increase the share of renewables in the total primary energy supply to 20 per cent by 2030 and 30 per cent by 2045, said Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 23 night (Vietnamese time) while attending a session within the framework of the virtual Leaders […]