HCM City rolls out energy efficiency program for 2026-2030 period
The southern city encourages businesses to invest in high-efficiency equipment, phase out obsolete technologies, and develop renewable energy sources such as rooftop solar, green hydrogen, green ammonia, biogas, and energy storage systems.
Vietnam’s climate resilience under test
A strengthening El Niño weather pattern would raise temperatures, reduce rainfall, and test Vietnam’s resilience over the remainder of this year and into next.
Localities expand activities to develop carbon credit market
The development of the carbon credit market is considered a concrete step towards policies on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, allocating emission quotas, carbon credit trading and creating green financial resources for Việt Nam.
Plastic waste piles up as Việt Nam struggles to curb a culture of convenience
Việt Nam produces nearly two million tonnes of plastic waste each year, most of it unrecycled. Interviews with young consumers and environmental experts reveal why regulation alone has struggled to curb a problem rooted in…
Electricity prices must reflect production costs for green transition
Nguyen Xuan Thanh, a lecturer at the Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management in Vietnam, has suggested that for a successful green transition, Vietnam must accurately adjust electricity prices to mirror the costs of…
Ho Chi Minh City needs to start carbon credit market quickly
On the sidelines of an investment conference centred around green growth on January 24, Muthukumara S. Mani, Lead Environmental and Climate Change Economist, Southeast Asia Region at the World Bank, spoke with VIR’s Bich Ngoc…
[HTV] Net Zero Through Heritage
Around the world, leading cities have transformed old structures into symbols of sustainable development, proving that preservation is not just about safeguarding the memories of an era. It is about…
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