VOV.VN - Japan welcomes Vietnam’s energy transition efforts and desires to work closely with the Southeast Asian nation towards realizing Japanese initiated Asia-Zero Emissions Community (AZEC) goal, said Tadashi Meadea, governor of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).
In light of Vietnam's projected generation of approximately 10.8 million voluntary carbon credits annually, there is a growing demand for efficient exchange and purchase mechanisms, prompting active discussions about the establishment of a domestic carbon credit exchange.
VOV.VN - Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on July 13 had brief meetings with US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the fringes of the 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-56) in Jakarta.
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thang on July 4 expressed her hope that Vietnam and the World Bank (WB) will step up their cooperation in the time ahead, prioritising the improvement of energy efficiency and sustainable clean energy.
Vietnam aims to become a developed country by 2045 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. It is considered an ambitious goal but also a challenge for a developing country like Vietnam.
A workshop on using clean and renewable energy to reduce carbon emission was held in Hanoi on June 30.
The Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI) and the Smart Geophysics Solutions JSC (SGS) on June 28 jointly in Hanoi an international scientific workshop on carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) experiment and modeling.
VOV.VN - The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) and the EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) co-hosted a workshop aimed at monitoring CO2 emissions and taking measures to reduce the emission from civil aviation activities.
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 recently issued National Power Development Plan VIII is considered a breakthrough in the energy sector as it shows Vietnam’s determination to gradually eliminate coal and gas-fired power generation and promote renewable energy to achieve the target of net zero emissions by 2050.