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UNDP support Vietnam’ greenhouse gas emissions cut

A project to increase Vietnamese industries' capacity to control greenhouse gas emissions and their ability to adapt to climate change was launched on April 17.
A project to increase Vietnamese industries' capacity to controlgreenhouse gas emissions and their ability to adapt to climate changewas launched on April 17.

The 3.05 million USD project fundedby UNDP, which will end in 2016, aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissionsin industrial production and open trading opportunities for Vietnamesecompanies in the "green" field.

It comprises of threesub-projects, one of which is to analyse policies and factors that haveinfluenced greenhouse gas emissions in production and consumption aswell as recommend suitable technical solutions to the matter.

The project also aims to improve policy makers' awareness of climatechange and support links to industrial businesses, financialinstitutions and service providers to boost investment in sustainableindustrial production.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade LeDuong Quang said that in the past, the Vietnamese Government had manyprogrammes aimed to adapt, control and minimise the impact of climatechange.

In the National Strategy of Green Growth, Vietnamhas targeted a reduction of 8-10 percent in greenhouse gas emissions in2020 compared to 2010, he said.-VNA
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