Vietnam aspires to boost comprehensive partnership with Canada

He thanked the Canadian Government for its cooperation and assistance to Vietnam in multiple fields, including adaptation to climate change and environmental protection.

Vietnam regards climate change a serious challenge to its sustainable development, Binh said, adding that the country has exerted great efforts to overcome this challenge such as creating a firm legal framework for actions to respond to climate change and improving public awareness of climate change.

Vietnam is carrying out a strategy on renewable energy development until 2030 with a vision through 2050, under which the government has incentivized the mobilization of all social resources for renewable energy development and increased the proportion of renewable energy in the national power system, Binh said.

The Party official suggested Fuller has a stronger voice so that the Canadian Government would continue sharing experience with Vietnam in developing clean energy, beef up cooperation between businesses in renewable energy development as well as providing technological consultancy and finance for the Southeast Asian country.

Fuller highlighted Vietnam as an important partner of Canada in the region, adding that Vietnam is one of the countries which are the hardest hit by climate change so it needs proper policies to adapt to and minimize adverse impacts from climate change, she stressed.

The ambassador also showed her wish to advance cooperation with Vietnam in developing clean energy, applying high-technologies, improving coastal communities’ ability to adapt to climate change, assisting the sustainable development of the fishery sector and protecting the maritime environment.