The International Forum on Green Technology and Management 2011 took place in the central city of Da Nang on July 28 and 29.
The event aimed to offer researchers and lecturers from Asian countries achance to exchange experience and knowledge in dealing withenvironmental issues, especially the effective use of natural resourcesand energy saving.
The delegates agreed thatVietnam’s rapid growth and increasing exploitation of natural resources,along with its industrialisation and modernisation process, have putincreasing pressure on the environment.
Environmental pollution has become a barrier for the country’s growth and socio-economic development, they said.
They also stressed the importance of protecting the environment inline with the country’s growth and development in the future.
During the two-day event, delegates visited Vietnam’s largest ethanolplant in the central province of Quang Nam, which is also one of threelargest plants in Southeast Asia, invested at an initial cost of 600billion VND
The annual event was jointly organised bythe Green Technology Management Research Team, the Chia Nan Universityof Pharmacy and Science, the Hanoi University of Science and Technology,the Da Nang University and the Ho Chi Minh City University ofTechnology./.