Almost 180 domestic and international delegates will attend the
Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Green Growth Forum in Hanoi from October
3-4.
Themed, “Jointly acting towards green
economies”, the event is supported by the Republic of Korea , the UK
, Germany and the Netherlands and was an initiative of Vietnam
at the eighth Asia – Europe Summit in Belgium last year.
Participants will focus on discussing experience in planning and
implementing national policies and strategies on green growth in Asia
and Europe, increasing international organisations and institutions’
contributions and role in promoting green growth, and proposing measures
to increase ASEM’s contributions to international common efforts and
its cooperation towards green growth.
The event
offers a chance for Vietnam to gain experience and seek support from
ASEM member countries in developing green growth models, protecting the
environment as well as effectively exploiting natural resources.
Green growth is a term to describe measures to encourage growth and
economic development while ensuring environmental hygiene, preserving
biodiversity and adapting to climate change.
As one
of 26 ASEM founding member countries, Vietnam has made important
contributions to ASEM over the past 15 years, especially the successful
hosting of the fifth ASEM Summit in 2004.
So far,
Vietnam has put forward 16 initiatives and co-authored 17 initiatives
in enhancing ASEM cooperation in the fields of culture, education,
healthcare, transport, energy security and climate change.
In addition to this forum, Vietnam hosted the ASEM Forum on Social
Safety Network in Hanoi from April 18-19 and will also organise the
fourth ASEM Labour and Employment Ministers’ Conference and the 14 th
unofficial ASEM workshop on human rights in 2012 and 2014./.