Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA) New Delhi (VNA) – Counsellor and head of the trade officeof the Vietnam Embassy in India Bui Trung Thuong participated in the India Energy Weekand the 9th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable (AMER9) which ran from February6-8 in India.
The event – the first major one of the country’spresidency of the Group of 20 leading economies - attracted more than 500 energyindustry heavyweights and thousands of experts and delegates from over100 countries across the world.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the energy sector plays a majorrole in deciding the future of the world in the 21st century and India is oneof the strongest voices today in developing new resources and in theenergy transition.
Within the framework of the event, the G20 Energy TransitionWorking Group meetings and AMER9 were held concurrently.
AMER9 is jointly organised by the International Energy Forum(IEF) and the Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas every two years.
Asa member of IEF since 2011, Vietnam is always invited to attend meetings todiscuss new pathways for energy security, inclusive growth, and energytransition.
The AMER9 themed “Mapping new pathways for energy security,inclusive growth, and energy transitions” had two discussion sessions, oneabout solutions to challenges of energy security and social justice in thecontext of a volatile world, and the other about Asia - the centre of demand,the driving force for inclusive growth and energy transition.
At the meeting, Asian energy ministers discussed ways toaddress energy security challenges and tools to determine the stability of theglobal energy market as well as the state of transition. The focus of theglobal energy market has shifted to Asia which is home to 60% of the world'spopulation before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Setting out to secure a sustainable and safe future fordiverse economies has helped make Asia a growth engine for the world economy./.
