03 Nov 2021 - Source: Vietnam Investment Review - Four partners have collectively pledged $665 million towards a platform managed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that aims to mobilise an additional $7 billion for low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure projects in Southeast As...
Vietnam plays active role in climate change response: ambassador
29 October - Source: Vietnamplus - Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's attendance at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), to be held in Glasgow, the UK, from October 31 to November 3, demonstrates the Vietnamese Government's determination and efforts in promo...
Vietnam on road to development of carbon market
31 Dec 20 Vietnamplus Source The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, in coordination with the World Bank, held a Final Workshop for the "Vietnam Partnership for Market Readiness" project in Hanoi on December 29. After 5 years of implementation, up to now, the project has made b...
Vietnam pioneers post-pandemic carbon pricing
19 Nov 20 East Asia Forum Source Having contained the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam is becoming the first developing country to adopt carbon pricing in the post-pandemic period to help guide a cleaner recovery. On 17 November, Vietnam's National Assembly passed the revised Law on Environment...