(VOV) - The country currently has approximately 543,963 business enterprises, nearly 97% of which are small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The Ministry of Planning and Investment on April 18 announced a national action plan on green growth, aiming reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase the use of clean and renewable energy.

(VOV) -The People's Committee of Haiphong City and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on March 27 held a national seminar on green growth and green port city.

Green growth and sustainable development were key subjects discussed at a business forum held by the Vietnam Economics Times in Hanoi on March 14.

Policy-markers and climate change experts from Southeast Asia discussed ways of financing low-carbon green growth in the region at a March 12 workshop in Hanoi.

(VOV) - Leaders of 13 Asian cities are gathering in Hanoi on November 18-19 to discuss urban planning and energy policies in the region.

(VOV) - An October 29 international scientific seminar in the Lao province of Khammouane has discussed green growth and its pursuit by nations of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS).

(VOV) -Thai Binh province hosted an October 24 conference discussing the development of a low carbon emission economy and the goal of creating common foundations for green growth and poverty reduction.

(VOV) - The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is eager to cooperate with Vietnam in studying the relationship between water resources and green growth in Mekong River areas.

A senior World Bank (WB) official has vowed to work closely with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) to share how to deploy climate change and green growth projects in Vietnam.

(VOV) - Leading experts and researchers from a variety of fields shared their diverse views on potential Vietnamese green growth models at a seminar in Hanoi on October 8.

(VOV) - Vietnam will continue improving its investment environment to facilitate the operation of foreign businesses, including those from Denmark, in the country.

The third conference and exhibition on European environmental problems and solutions, Green-Biz 2013, opened in Hanoi on September 19.

Vietnam and Belgium have signed an agreement for a six-year project to build a "Green Growth Strategy Facility" worth 5.5 million euros.

(VOV) - It is essential for Vietnam to approach green growth and build green economy to pursue sustainable development goals.

(VOV) - The Investment Forum towards Green Growth for central Quang Nam province, co-organised by the provincial People’s Committee, the UN Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), took place in the province on June 23.

(VOV) - Representatives from localities and the diplomatic corps met for a June 22 conference in the ancient town of Hoi An city in Quang Nam province to discuss ways to develop international tourism and boost cooperation towards sustainable green growth.

(VOV) - Hanoi has hosted a seminar on Vietnam’s action plan on green growth with a view to surveying opinions on the best way to implement the national green growth strategy.

(VOV) - The Party Central Committee has called for continued efforts to renew and consolidate the political system from the central to grassroots levels.

(VOV) - Vietnam is keen to further strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation with Denmark in all fields, especially in economics, trade, investment, Official Development Assistance (ODA), education-training and green growth.