VOV.VN - Canada seeks to promote the global carbon pricing initiative and expects Vietnam to consider joining this programme, said Catherine Stewart, ambassador for Climate Change of Canada.
Vietnam’s is seeking investment in clean energy as part of its scheme to develop a carbon market in order to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam have handed over six electric trucks to the People's Committee of Hue city to use for waste collection, helping the green transformation and carbon and methane reduction of the transport sector.
VOV.VN - The Government on May 26 submitted a draft resolution on piloting a number of specific mechanisms for Ho Chi Minh City to the ongoing session of the National Assembly in the hope of creating breakthroughs in the development of the country’s largest financial and economic hub.
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted separate receptions for Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the IMF, and Mathias Cormann, secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
VOV.VN - Vietnam will officially run a carbon trade exchange in 2028, according to a draft project relating to the development of the Vietnamese carbon market as conducted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
VOV.VN - State President Vo Van Thuong has hailed the establishment of the digital and green economic partnership between the nation and Singapore which aims to bring the co-operative relationship to a new and sustainable stage.
VOV.VN - The Trade Office of Vietnam in the Netherlands said that the EU-imposed carbon tax may have a direct impact on several categories of Vietnamese industrial products exported to the EU.
VOV.VN - Domestic and foreign firms have so far poured nearly US$9 billion into green growth projects, including investments in renewable energy and equipment procurement for the green economy.
The European Union (EU)’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which is set to take effect in 2024, will impact production and trade activities of Vietnamese manufacturers, especially in high carbon emission industries like iron and steel, aluminium and cement, as well as the whole economy, said experts.