VOV.VN - Vietnam is currently giving high priority to carrying out sustainable development goals (SDGs), with efforts being made in sustainable multidimensional poverty reduction, responding to climate change, reducing net emissions to zero by 2050, and protecting the environment towards a green economy and a circular economy.

New farming solutions have helped reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by nearly 17% in extensive shrimp farms and nearly 11% in intensive farms, according to a research on monitoring GHG emissions from shrimp farming ponds.

Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) on October 24 announced that it has given tentative approval for plans to import 1.2 gigawatts (GW) of primarily wind-generated electricity from Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in the first nine months of this year soared by 3.2% year-on-year, regaining its attractiveness to foreign investors, suppliers and clients.

CT Group launched its ASEAN Carbon Credit Exchange Joint Stock Company (CCTPA) on September 29, becoming the first Vietnamese enterprise to kick off a voluntary carbon emissions exchange in an attempt to respond to trade policies on international environment, and to develop a low-carbon emission economy.

Vietnam has received US$41.2 million, equivalent to 80% of the total funding, from the World Bank for 10.3 million tonnes of CO2 as a result of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions in deforestation and forest degradation until 2025, according to Director of the Forestry Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Tran Quang Bao.

Dutch businesses are committed to supporting Vietnam in achieving its net zero emissions target by 2050, confirmed the Dutch Business Association in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Leaders of Ho Chi Minh City on September 14 met 100 CEOs from large corporations involved in the green, circular economy model as part of the Ho Chi Minh City Economic Forum which is running with the theme of “Green growth - The Journey to Zero Emissions”.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has pledged to partner with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to strengthen Vietnam’s capacity for reducing carbon emissions.

Vietnam has responsibly and practically joined international climate change treaties as part of the efforts to materialise a resolution adopted by the 11th-tenure Party Central Committee in this regard.