Key measures proposed included promoting clean energy transitions to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, developing sustainable transportation, cutting emissions from motor vehicles, managing industrial and household waste efficiently, and having stricter regulations on industrial emissions control.
Eight Vietnamese rice enterprises have been awarded 200,000 AUD (approximately 3.16 billion VND, or over 124,300 USD) for their efforts in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in rice production.
Indonesia and Japan on November 12 agreed to start implementing the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) for the implementation of bilateral carbon trading cooperation between the two countries.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Indonesia said it is committed to continuing support for Indonesia in promoting global climate action to reduce emissions.
The Lao Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Carbon Credit Laos (CCL) and Carbon Registry Thailand (CRT) on cooperation in using satellite technology to calculate carbon credits.
Coal firms in Indonesia are overlooking methane emissions, obscuring the full environmental impact of their operations, London-based energy think tank Ember reported on July 29.
Vietnam has received a 51.5 million USD payment from the World Bank for verified emissions reductions - commonly referred to as carbon credits - for reducing 10.3 million tonnes of CO2 in the 2018-2024 period, said Director of the Department of Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Tran Quang Bao at the ministry’s quarterly press conference on April 1.
A consultation workshop titled “The Recommendations for a Carbon Tax to Mitigate the Impact of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on Vietnam” was held in Hanoi on August 30.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) organised a workshop on monitoring CO2 emissions and measures to reduce the emission from civil aviation activities.
Vietnam wants Canada to continue sharing experience with and support Vietnam in green and sustainable development, and cutting emissions to net-zero, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha told Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Shawn Perry Steil at a meeting on May 23.
Indonesia requires 204 trillion IDR (13.3 billion USD) in funding to cut emissions in the forest and land use sector and increase carbon absorption to meet the 2030 Forestry and Other Land Uses (FOLU) Net Sink goal.
Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan on November 24 held a working session with the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), for sustainable development, renewable energy needs to become a public good, serving all people and accessible to everyone.
Vietnam is leading the transition to clean energy in Southeast Asia and is a bright spot on an otherwise soot-black map, according to an article published recently on The Economist.
Hanoi needs to tighten control over waste sources and pushed up the application of environmental management to improve its air quality, said Hoang Anh Le, research team leader of the University of Natural Sciences under the Hanoi National University.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the World Bank (WB) - the trustee agency of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) - signed an Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement (ERPA) at a ceremony on October 22.
Vietnam is one of the world’s largest garment producers, but experts have called on enterprises to brush up their green credentials for the domestic market.
Ho Chi Minh City is a major greenhouse gas emitter in Vietnam as it contributes some 20% to the national total carbon dioxide emissions. Notably, transportation is behind half of the city’s emission.