With its tremendous potential in renewable energy and the carbon market, Vietnam will be highly attractive to investors, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha stressed, while addressing a meeting in Hanoi on August 22 on seeking ideas towards completing a draft plan on carbon market development in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - At the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Leaders Meeting held in Indonesia, four entities including BRG Group (Vietnam), Sumitomo Corporation (Japan), North Hanoi Smart City Development Investment Joint Stock Company (NHSC), and Thang Long Industrial Park (TLIP) handed over a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on decarbonization through energy management between North Hanoi Smart City (NHSC) and Thang Long Industrial Park (TLIP), aiming to make North Hanoi Smart City the first carbon-neutral urban area in Vietnam and the world.

It is forecast that there will be many difficulties for the cement industry, due to weak demand and fierce competition both domestically and internationally.

Businesses, factories, industrial parks and export processing zones need to have road maps and measures for switching from traditional to green models to meet the global sustainable trend and enhance their competitiveness, and attract investment, a seminar heard in Ho Chi Minh City on August 8.

A wide range of wood products and cutting-edge technologies in the wood industry are being showcased at the Binh Duong International Woodworking Machinery Exhibition that opened in the southern province on August 8.

SK C&C - an information technology service provider in the Republic of Korea (RoK) - on August 5 announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation with the FPT Information System (FPT IS) of Vietnam's leading IT company FPT Corporation in expanding the global digital Environment – Social – Governance (ESG) business.

VOV.VN - Eight bank workers in Bien Hoa city of Dong Nai province have been hospitalized for monitoring and treatment due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

VOV.VN - The World Bank has pledged US$350 million loans to help Vietnam develop one million ha of low-carbon, high quality rice associated with green growth in 12 Mekong Delta localities.

VOV.VN - In a letter to Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh recently, Apple CEO Tim Cook praised Vietnam as a strategic partner in Apple’s global production supply chain, considering this a great opportunity for cooperation with the Vietnamese Government in the future.

As Vietnam is integrating in both breadth and depth with the regional and world economy, developing a strong and sustainable green brand is essential, heard a workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 27.