Scientists, academics, business leaders and policy makers from AsianPacific countries gathered in Hanoi on April 4 for a conference on howto create a green economy to ensure sustainable development in theAsia-Pacific region.
The participants focused their discussionson climate change and managing the ocean ecology, with the community’seconomic development at the heart of the matter.
Vietnam has manyissues with its coastal waters, rivers and canals being eroded. Thecountry is also concerned with environmental changes and the exhaustionof natural resources, all of which were tabled for discussion.
TheVietnamese participants said that Vietnam has been grantingcertificates to farmers in the Mekong Delta for protecting the marineecology since 2008.
Meanwhile, Thai delegates emphasised the needto raise the public’s awareness and increase investment to developtechnologies that can produce renewable energies, which will save thecountry’s resources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
It isessential to zone off enough land to grow trees sas well as aninfrastructure up to international environmental standards, they said.
During the conference, Vietnam received valuable advice on technical and financial matters to cope with climate change.-VNA
The participants focused their discussionson climate change and managing the ocean ecology, with the community’seconomic development at the heart of the matter.
Vietnam has manyissues with its coastal waters, rivers and canals being eroded. Thecountry is also concerned with environmental changes and the exhaustionof natural resources, all of which were tabled for discussion.
TheVietnamese participants said that Vietnam has been grantingcertificates to farmers in the Mekong Delta for protecting the marineecology since 2008.
Meanwhile, Thai delegates emphasised the needto raise the public’s awareness and increase investment to developtechnologies that can produce renewable energies, which will save thecountry’s resources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
It isessential to zone off enough land to grow trees sas well as aninfrastructure up to international environmental standards, they said.
During the conference, Vietnam received valuable advice on technical and financial matters to cope with climate change.-VNA
