Vietnam Today

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has said that Vietnam will apply a roadmap to start to phase out hydrofluorocarbons from 2024 under international commitments, moving towards an 80 per cent reduction in base consumption by 2045. The country will cease importing hydrofluorocarbons by 2040.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has approved a program to ensure vaccine supply to 2030. It sets a target of, by that time, possibly mastering the technology to produce 15 types of vaccines, or least five types, with all meeting international standards.

The 44th Meeting of The ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (The 44th AMAF) took place online on October 26, hosted by the Lao Government. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan told the meeting that Vietnam is accelerating agricultural restructuring, transforming from “production thinking” to “economic thinking” and moving towards the values created by green transformation, green consumption, and the green economy.

Scientific and technological activities held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) in the 2016-2020 period saw the participation of many domestic and international organizations and units. The “Project to improve the productivity and quality of industrial products” from the ministry developed 468 models applying advanced management systems.

On October 23, at a National Conference held by the Politburo to carry out its Resolution No. 24-NQ/TW on Socio-Economic Development in the Southeast Region, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong proposed developing the region in a green, sustainable, and comprehensive manner. Resolution No. 24-NQ/TW also sets out the goal of, by 2045, the region becoming a center of science, technology, and innovation, high-tech industry, and logistics, and an international financial center belonging to the leading group in the region and the world.

On the occasion of the visit to Vietnam by the Danish Royal Family, the Vietnam - Denmark Sustainable Energy Summit will be held on November 1 in Hanoi with the participation of 36 leading Danish enterprises in the energy field. According to the International Energy Agency, Vietnam is the second-largest electricity user in Southeast Asia, which opens up major opportunities for foreign corporations to invest in its energy sector in general and renewable energy in particular.