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Central region reviews green growth strategy realisation

Nearly 100 delegates from 19 cities and provinces in the central region were brought together at a conference in Nha Trang resort city, Khanh Hoa province, on November 16-17, to review the five-year implementation of the national green growth strategy. ​
Central region reviews green growth strategy realisation ảnh 1At the conference (Photo VNA)

Khanh Hoa (VNA) – Nearly 100 delegates from 19 cities and provinces in thecentral region were brought together at a conference in Nha Trang resort city,Khanh Hoa province, on November 16-17, to review the five-year implementationof the national green growth strategy.

The strategywas approved in 2012, requesting ministries, sectors and localities to build agreen growth action plan to apply in reality. However, so far, only 32 out ofthe 63 cities and provinces and eight ministries and sectors have done this.

Nguyen Thi Minh Hien, deputy head of the Departmentof Science, Education, Natural Resources and Environment under the Ministry ofPlanning and Investment, said many countries are interested in developinglow-carbon green growth as it helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions, adapt toclimate change, improve the quality of economic growth, change manufacturingand consumption structure toward sustainability, and improve local livingstandards.

Participants said that many localities in the centralregion were unaware of the importance of the strategy, so failed to build anaction plan. Additionally, economic restructuring toward green growth is posinga lot of challenges relating to financial resources, land and planning. 

The central region needs about 15 billion USD toinvest in the field through 2020.

Deputy Director of the Binh Thuan Department ofPlanning and Investment Phan Nguyen Thanh Tan said the province built a plan toimplement the green growth strategy in 2016, defining priority fields forinvestment of 36 trillion VND (1.58 billion USD). However, due to the limited localbudget, the province needs capital from the central budget and businesses, headded.

Delegates said that it is necessary to promotegreen investment and have policies to mobilise public investment for projectsin addition to building a mechanism to supervise and evaluate theimplementation of the strategy.

Representatives from tourism hubs such as ThuaThien-Hue and Khanh Hoa asked the Government to boost human resources trainingand promulgate a national strategy and incentives to develop ecotourism.-VNA

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