VOV.VN - The UK Government has announced an additional GBP40 million (US$54 million) to extend the Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) programme for another five years till 2029 to support at least 800 low carbon projects in 16 countries across Asia, Latin America, and Africa, including Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) platform shares common principles among member countries in addressing climate change as a global challenge while ensuring energy security, and economic growth, and pursuing carbon neutrality/zero emissions through various pathways according to each country’s national circumstance.

The largest-ever made-in-Vietnam bulk carrier was recently launched by Nam Trieu Shipbuilding Company Limited in the northern port city of Hai Phong.

The Field Restaurant, managed by EMIC Hospitality, situated in the ancient city of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam, has been awarded the Gold Platinum Low-Carbon Tourism Standard certification by Magnus International.

The significance of the public-private partnership (PPP) to the project on developing 1 million hectare of high-quality and low carbon footprint rice in the Mekong Delta region by 2030 was highlighted at a workshop held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 4.

VOV.VN - Vietnam earned US$51.5 million from selling 10.3 million forestry carbon credits last year, opening up a significant opportunity for the country to speed up the transition to green production.

Vietnam's wood industry has opportunities to engage in the carbon market as the whole world is pushing ahead for a greener economy, heard a recent dialogue in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam has received a US$51.5 million payment for verified emissions reductions for reducing deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) and for enhancing carbon stored in forests through reforestation and afforestation, making it the first country in the East Asia Pacific region to receive a results-based payment from the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF).

An ongoing training course on the emission trading system (ETS) and carbon market has gathered 145 participants from relevant state agencies, organisations, and enterprises, making the first capacity-building activity in Vietnam with participation from both public and private sectors.

As an emission trading system (ETS) will be piloted next year and officially operated in 2028, a training course has been held starting on February 26 in Hanoi to promote understanding of the carbon market and ETS for Vietnamese public and private stakeholders.