A consultation workshop titled “The Recommendations for a Carbon Tax to Mitigate the Impact of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on Vietnam” was held in Hanoi on August 30.

The Trade Office of Vietnam in Sweden said that in order to support enterprises exporting to the EU in general and the Nordic countries in particular, it has compiled the book about the common European agreements and their impacts on exporters to the Nordic region.

VOV.VN - Tri Nam Group on August 24 launched a public bicycle sharing service in Hanoi in an effort to keep the capital city clean and green.

VOV.VN - The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) in collaboration with the Ministry of the Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia and the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) organized the sixth East Asia Energy Forum themed ‘Decarbonization in the Final Energy Consumption Sector’ in Nusa Dua Bali, Indonesia, on August 21, 2023.

The Canada-Vietnam Clean Energy Partnership forum took place in Ho Chi Minh City on August 21, aiming to connect the sides’ private sectors and, through such links, enable Canadian contributions to the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), helping Vietnam achieve its net-zero emissions goal by 2050.

VOV.VN - Local businesses are required to devise a specific carbon emission reduction roadmap towards meeting the net zero emissions target by 2050, heard a green economy forum 2023 titled “Net Zero – Turning promise into reality” held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 18.

Vietnam's energy sector plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 17-26% by 2030 and around 90% by 2050 compared to the normal development scenario.

Over 450 exhibitors from 30 countries and territories will join the 16th international exhibition on processing, and packaging food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industry – ProPak Vietnam 2023 that is slated to take place in Ho Chi Minh City in November.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is in dire need of solutions to greenhouse gas emission reduction, and it hopes to receive financial and technology transfer assistance from international organisations and firms, including Astra Zeneca, to realise its climate goal.

Vietnam is currently devising a project to develop a domestic carbon market, focusing on the mandatory trading of GHG emissions quotas for industries and businesses in the domestic market, while also considering international market integration.