The President of the 21 st meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment (ASOEN-21) has stressed that climate change, ASEAN’s big challenge, is likely to have huge impact on regional socio-economic development.
When addressing the meeting in Hanoi on August 4, President Vann Monyneath said he believed that Vietnam and other ASEAN nations will work out effective ways of coping with climate change.
Bui Cach Tuyen, head of Vietnam ’s Environment Administration, said that cooperation in environmental protection and response to climate change is top of the agenda at the ASOEN-21.
The delegates will discuss sea and coastal environmental protection, bio-diversity and their commitments to protect the environment, he added.
The meeting is a good opportunity for ASEAN members to discuss joint initiatives on environmental protection cooperation within the bloc and the bloc’s partners, said Tuyen.
The ASOEN is held annually in rotation by ASEAN member nations. This year’s meeting was attended by 150 delegates from ASEAN nations and six partners, namely Japan , China , the Republic of Korea , New Zealand , Australia and India .
Vietnam , which joined the ASOEN in 1996, is one of the five countries in the world predicted to be hardest hit by climate change, Tuyen said, stressing that environmental protection and fight against climate change are two of the Vietnamese Government’s top priorities./.
When addressing the meeting in Hanoi on August 4, President Vann Monyneath said he believed that Vietnam and other ASEAN nations will work out effective ways of coping with climate change.
Bui Cach Tuyen, head of Vietnam ’s Environment Administration, said that cooperation in environmental protection and response to climate change is top of the agenda at the ASOEN-21.
The delegates will discuss sea and coastal environmental protection, bio-diversity and their commitments to protect the environment, he added.
The meeting is a good opportunity for ASEAN members to discuss joint initiatives on environmental protection cooperation within the bloc and the bloc’s partners, said Tuyen.
The ASOEN is held annually in rotation by ASEAN member nations. This year’s meeting was attended by 150 delegates from ASEAN nations and six partners, namely Japan , China , the Republic of Korea , New Zealand , Australia and India .
Vietnam , which joined the ASOEN in 1996, is one of the five countries in the world predicted to be hardest hit by climate change, Tuyen said, stressing that environmental protection and fight against climate change are two of the Vietnamese Government’s top priorities./.
