A project on improving the Vietnamese industry and trade sectors’
capacity to control greenhouse gas emissions and increase adaptation to
climate change has been recently launched in Hanoi by the Ministry
of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP).
Vietnam Government Portal (VGP) quoted
MoIT Deputy Minister Le Duong Quang as saying that the 3 million USD
project will be implemented between 2013 and 2016.
It aims to
raise awareness and capacity for policy makers, seek suitable
mechanisms to respond to climate change, reduce greenhouse gas emissions
and tap green trade opportunities to promote the sector’s sustainable
production, he said.
The three-component project will focus
on analysing and reviewing current policies and recommending mechanisms
and solutions to reduce emissions towards a sustainable industrial
production.
It will improve policy makers’ awareness of climate
change and support the connectivity among businesses while helping
financial institutions and service suppliers promote the investment in
developing a sustainable industrial production, reducing the emissions
and expanding the market.
To realise the project’s
targets, Vietnam should have decisive and effective measures for
energy usage, said UNDP Deputy Country Director Bakhodir Burkhanov,
adding that production should be cleaner and more modern, the behaviors
of consumers and businesses must be improved, and relevant agencies
should work closely together.
Vietnam is implementing the
National Strategy on Green Growth in the 2011-2020 period, with a vision
to 2015, in which it has targeted to reduce emissions by 8-10 percent
by 2020 compared to 2010.-VNA