Brenda Candries, Programme Manager of the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Vietnam, speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA) The workshop was jointly held by the Institute forResearch on Development Communication (RED) under the Vietnam Union of Scienceand Technology Associations (VUSTA) and some other units.
Brenda Candries, Programme Manager of the Delegationof the European Union (EU) to Vietnam, stressed that green transition and RBPare among the three priority areas included in the Multi-annual IndicativeProgramme (MIP) for Vietnam for the 2021-2027 period, aiming to help theSoutheast Asian nation in circular economy, digital technology and climatechange response.
The EU ratified the EU-Vietnam Women-led GreenPartnership Facility in early 2023, she said, adding that the programme willsupport the Vietnamese government and initiatives by women-led enterprises inclimate change adaptation, post-disaster recovery, circular value chain, anddigital technology.
Tran Nhat Minh, from the RED, said RBP is an important factor in achieving the double target of economic growth and sustainable development, and by 2019, 25 countries had included RBP into the national agenda and 23 of them had issued a national plan of action to implement this content. He noted that Thailand wasthe first in Southeast Asia to launch such a national action plan in 2019. In Vietnam, the Prime Minister issued adecision in July 2023 approving a national action programme on perfecting policies and laws in order topromote RBP for 2023-2027.
Some delegates at the workshop suggested State management agencies step up theinformation work to promote RBP, and amend and supplement legal regulations toraise the quality and efficiency of law enforcement in this regard./.
