VOV.VN - For the first time Vietnam has sold 10.3 million forestry carbon credits (10.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide CO₂) this year, bringing in US$51.5 million, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

VOV.VN - World leading scientists have offered ideas and given solutions on climate change response and greenhouse gas reduction towards meeting the country’s net-zero emissions by 2050, during the ongoing 2023 VinFuture Sci-Tech Week in Hanoi.

VinFast, Vietnam’s leading electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, and Marubeni Corporation, a major Japanese trading and investment conglomerate, on December 18 officially announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities in the secondary use of EV batteries and the potential to establish a circular economy model.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment’s circular on a set of criteria for green growth statistics will come into effect on December 15.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Bui Xuan Cuong on November 8 expressed his wish that the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) will support the southern largest economic hub in providing finance for Japanese and Vietnamese businesses to roll out projects aiming to promote green growth and circular economy, towards net zero emissions.

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.