Hue and Da Nang top Vietnam’s environmental protection rankings
The rankings are based on the PEPI 2024, a composite index that evaluates various criteria, including the effectiveness of state environmental management, waste treatment, nature conservation, the improvement of air and water quality, and the level of community participation in environmental protection activities.
A $2-million green banking initiative launched to advance climate finance in Vietnam
Funded by the Government of Japan through the Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific (JFPR), the initiative aims to strengthen green banking practices and enhance the capacity of Viet Nam's banking sector to scale up green and climate finance.
JETPs: Powering a Faster Energy Transition
JETPs are becoming more popular because they bring key stakeholders together to enable a clean, fair energy transition in emerging economies that rely heavily on coal.
Vietnam, UK expand climate change cooperation
Vietnam and the United Kingdom are expanding cooperation in response to climate change, with a new multi-year climate programme in the pipeline. Iain Frew, British Ambassador to Vietnam, spoke to VIR’s Bich Thuy about how…
Finance for the Net-Zero Transition Must Maximize and Share Benefits Equitably: ADB President
President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Masatsugu Asakawa has written an article on finance for net-zero transition. The following is the full text of the article.
Việt Nam needs paradigm shift in mindset to tackle air pollution
“We’ve been relying on old methods for too long, and as long as we continue like this, the outcomes will remain the same. There is no progress. We need to change our approach to managing…
Vietnam makes efforts to develop domestic carbon market
In the context that about 70 countries and territories have applied carbon pricing instruments, experts held that Vietnam should also apply such tools, especially by developing the domestic carbon market,…
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