At the workshop, delegates reviewed Vietnam's adoption of the climate change convention and its implementation of a number of policies relating to the CDM. They also discussed the possibility of developing CDM projects in energy-related fields.

Addressing the conference, Deputy Minister of Construction Tong Van Nga highlighted the conference as a venue for businesses of Vietnam and Japan to exchange and seek cooperation opportunities in research and application of clean energy to socio-economic activities.

CDM is one of the three so-called mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol designed to assist developing countries in maintaining sustainable development.

The workshop was co-hosted by the Vietnamese Ministry of Construction and the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Construction.