The northeastern province of Quang Ninh announced a plan on green growth at a workshop on November 17 with the participation of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Denmark will send experts in food and environment to work in its embassy in Vietnam, Danish Minister of Environment and Food Eva Kjet Hansen told reporters in Hanoi on November 9.
The Week of Urban Green Growth Vietnam 2015 was launched on November 4 in Hanoi as part of the activities to celebrate the Vietnam Urban Day (November 8).
The SSC is set to create orientation framework for the development of green financial products in the stock markets, contributing to the implementation of the country's green growth strategy.
Green growth is important for Vietnam's economy despite difficulties with institutional reform and limited resources, said Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.
Vietnamese experts thanked their partners from the Republic of Korea (RoK) for their support of Vietnam's Green Growth Strategy (VGGS) implementation, which was under review at a conference in Hanoi.
The free trade agreement being negotiated between Vietnam and the EU is
expected to encourage businesses to reform and update technology, an
important factor in promoting green growth in the country, according to
the deputy chairman of the HCM City People's Committee.
Tat Thanh
Cang, speaking at a briefing organised by EuroCham and its Green Growth
Sector on June 18 in HCM City, said that Vietnam should target green
growth to ensure sustainable development.
The promotion of non-fired brick production and utilisation project
in Vietnam is expected to help the country realise specific targets of
the green growth strategy such as reducing environmental pollution,
rehabilitating contaminated areas, improving the local livelihood, and
mitigating the depletion of natural resources.
The southern province of Dong Nai has been implementing a green growth
strategy in recent years, which prioritises investment in
environmentally-friendly industrial parks, a local official claims.
Nearly a hundred representatives from 15 Asian universities gathered at a
forum held on May 22 in the northern province of Quang Ninh to
discuss the significance of green growth towards sustainable and
harmonious development.