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Local experts outlined the opportunities and challenges in establishing a carbon market and the policies needed to unlock green growth and achieve net-zero goals.

Mr. Jérémie Pellet, CEO of Expertise France, tells Vietnam Economic Times / VnEconomy’s Linh Tong how the agency, over its decade in Vietnam, has advanced sustainable development, green finance, technical cooperation, and capacity-building while emphasizing international partnerships and shared learning.

Vietnam’s northern localities have emerged as popular destinations for foreign investors seeking opportunities and possible partnerships.

Local experts outlined the opportunities and challenges in establishing a carbon market and the policies needed to unlock green growth and achieve net-zero goals.

Initial success has come from promoting smart city development all around the country under a project instigated in 2018 and reviewed recently.

The newly-amended Law on VAT has sparked a degree of angst among exporters and raised the prospect of previously-addressed issues resurfacing.