UNDP further supports Vietnam’s environmental projects
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam will consider new projects proposed by the Vietnamese side in the fields of climate change and preserving bio-diversity.
UNDP Country Director Louise Chamberlain made the pledge at an annual session in Hanoi on August 20 with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to review results of cooperation and work out a new plan of action.
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha asked the UNDP to further support Vietnam in setting up measurements of the development of its green economy in the near future.
The ministry proposed five projects to the UNDP which are aimed at reserving significant wetlands, improving the implementation capacity of the Rio Convention in Vietnam and the climate change strategy, reducing the harmful effects of pesticide chemicals and making good use of natural resources sharing.
The UNDP has been supporting at least seven environment-related projects in Vietnam.
Louise Chamberlain said these projects are on the right track to help build climate change response capacity and reduce the level of environmental pollution in dioxin-contaminated areas.
For other projects that are underway, she urged the Ministry to shorten the appraising and approval time to make it possible for them to get off the ground soon.