Day: April 24, 2022

Economic sectors, localities and businesses should be considered the drivers of the nation’s green growth and sustainable development strategy, experts have said.

According to Phan Xuan Dung, President of the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations, foreign-invested enterprises and multinational corporations can lead the trend of green transformation, thus helping Vietnam integrate with the global market.

Taking advantage of support from the FDI business community is extremely important for Vietnam in the context of limited domestic resources, and the digital and green transformation in Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises still remains slow, Dung said.

He added that the support from international partners and the pioneering of FDI enterprises in the trend of green transformation will contribute to helping Vietnamese businesses and localities speed up green transformation towards realising sustainable development goals.

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Vietnam’s economy is set to develop quickly, sustainably and harmoniously between economy, culture, society, environmental protection and adaptation to climate change. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam’s economy is set to develop quickly, sustainably and harmoniously between economy, culture, society, environmental protection and adaptation to climate change in the next 10 years.

Last year, the Prime Minister approved a national strategy on green growth for 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, which aims to help promote economic restructuring in tandem with a growth model reform, and achieve economic prosperity, environmental sustainability, and social equality.

Vietnam strongly committed to net zero emissions by 2050 at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). In addition, the Government’s Socio-Economic Development and Recovery Programme promulgated on January 30, 2022 also demonstrates the determination to develop a “green and circular economy associated with sustainable development”.

Experts said to realise these goals, it is necessary to make three strategic breakthroughs in institutions, human resources and infrastructure, focusing on innovation and science and technology development.

With the above bases, Vietnam will effectively use resources, strengthen its management and coordination capabilities in finance and technology, and promote the participation of the community, businesses and international organisations in realising its sustainable development goals, said experts.

Science and technology will be an effective lever for a green transition in Vietnam and the world, they noted.

Accordingly, this is the time to converge necessary and urgent factors for Vietnam, as well as localities and businesses to make breakthroughs in thinking and strong actions to promote green transformation towards achieving sustainable values, they stressed.

According to Bruce Delteil from McKinsey & Company, decarbonisation is a priority for Vietnam, because climate change has been affecting the country’s socio-economic development.

Vietnam has a roadmap towards achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 through an interdisciplinary effort with the involvement of the whole society.

Sharing Delteil’s opinion, Alain Cany, Chairman of the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) in Vietnam, said that the nation needs to find ways to promote efficient and economical use of energy, and convert waste into energy./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

The central province of Quang Binh on April 24 officially inaugurated a solar power plant with a capacity of 49.5 MW.

The plant, which is part of a renewable energy power complex in Le Thuy district, has total investment capital of more than 1 trillion VND (nearly 44 million USD). Dohwa Engineering Group from the Republic of Korea is the investor of the project.

Construction for the plant began in June 2020 and completed in December of the same year.

Addressing the inauguration ceremony, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Thang said that the official inauguration of Dohwa Le Thuy solar power plant is an important milestone of Quang Binh and the Dohwa Group in the field of renewable energy where the province has many potential and advanatges.

The official emphasised that the province is committed to accompanying investors and creating the most favorable conditions in terms of policies and investment environment to turn their ideas into reality.

After one year of operation, the total power generation output of the plant reached more than 60,000 MWh and its revenue hit more than 111 billion VND, contributing more than 10 billion VND to the State budget.

The implementation of the project is very important to the province’s socio-economic development, adding more value to industrial production, creating jobs for workers as well as clean energy sources, contributing to ensuring national energy security./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

A special “ao dai” (traditional long dress of Vietnam) show was held at Yen Tu historic and landscape site in the northern province of Quang Ninh’s Uong Bi district on April 23, aiming to honour the beauty of “ao dai” and promote the nation’s cultural values.

Twelve collections of renowned designers were showed off at the event. Particularly, it drew the participation of foreign ambassadors and representatives of international organisations in Vietnam as well as artists and models.

The event, jointly held by the provincial Department of Culture and Sports in collaboration with the People’s Committee of Uong Bi city, is part of Ao dai Festival Quang Ninh 2022 – a programme devised to attract more tourists after being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic for a long time.

It is expected to bring many emotions to the viewers, contributing to honouring the Vietnamese ao dai and promoting the image of Yen Tu sacred mountain in particular, as well as tourism in Uong Bi and Quang Ninh province at the same time.

The province has set the target of welcoming 10 million visitors, including 1.5 million foreigners this year./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

A 5G network and an intelligent operations centre (IOC) were unveiled in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on April 24.

Ho Thi Cam Dao, Standing Vice Chairwoman of the provincial Party Committee, said despite many difficulties, Soc Trang has taken steps to build an e-administration.

It expects that by 2030, the province will have fundamentally and comprehensively reformed management and governance activities so that the local administration can operate more efficiently, effectively, and transparently, the local economy can develop on the basis of science – technology and high-quality human resources, and new values can be created to raise labour productivity and generate new growth momentum, she added.

Viettel completed the building of the 5G network in two months, making Soc Trang the 17th province in Vietnam and one of the first localities in the southern region to access 5G services, according to Sen. Lt. Col. Pham Tri Dung, Director of the Soc Trang branch of the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group.

He said the official launch of 5G services is the first move to universalise the network here and also an important step for Viettel to accelerate the building of digital infrastructure in the province.

The same day, the province’s Soc Trang city opened its IOC, which was also developed with support from Viettel.

Nguyen Van Quan, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee and Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, said the IOC is one of the key facilities in socio-economic development of Soc Trang city. It will help governance and task performance be more transparent and effective, and swifter, thus contributing to local smart city building and digital transformation./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Authorities in Tra Vinh province are trying to link up companies and farmers growing organic coconuts for mutual benefit.

The companies can ensure they get a steady supply of organic coconuts for processing and farmers are guaranteed outlets and incomes.

The Mekong Delta province is the country’s second largest coconut producer after its neighbour Ben Tre.

It has more than 23,600ha under coconut and an annual output of 250 million nuts, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The department is encouraging companies to link up with farmers to expand organic coconut growing areas and make products from the nuts.

Lam Huu Phuc, Deputy Director of the province’s Department of Planning and Investment, said Tra Vinh had implemented promotional activities to attract investment by coconut companies in Ben Tre to expand organic coconut farming and processing.

Some companies are already in the process of tying up with organic coconut farmers in Tra Vinh.

The Ben Tre Import and Export Joint Stock Corporation has, for instance, contracted farmers with 1,383ha of coconuts that meet international standards in Cang Long and Tieu Can districts.

It will build a plant for semi-processing of coconut products in Tra Vinh.

The Luong Quoi Coconut Co. Ltd is investing in a 150ha organic coconut farm in Tra Vinh city. It is also tying up with a local company to develop another 1,000ha and build a semi-processing plant in Cau Ke district.

Farmers get 10 – 20 percent higher for organic nuts.

Tra Vinh targets having 30,000ha under coconut by 2030, including 5,000ha of organic coconuts.

Tra Vinh is supporting farmers to control the spread of the coconut black-headed caterpillar which has damaged 26.3ha in Tieu Can and Cang Long districts.

The pest first appeared in the province in September last year after appearing for the first time in Vietnam in Ben Tre almost two years ago.

It has also spread to the delta’s other localities like Soc Trang, Tien Giang, and Kien Giang provinces and Can Tho city.

According to Le Truong Son, head of the Tra Vinh Plant Protection and Cultivation Sub-department, the pest is dangerous and could reduce yields by up to 80 percent and even kill coconut trees.

The sub-department is helping affected coconut growing localities spray pesticides to destroy the pest.

In the case of ageing and too tall coconut trees that farmers cannot spray, the sub-department wants them cut down and burnt.

The pest eats leaves and the husk of immature coconuts.

The sub-department has urged the people’s committees of districts and towns to speed up advocacy and training to identify the pest and promptly eliminate it./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

The northern and central regions began to experience a heat wave on April 24 which is forecast to reach its peak from April 25 – 27, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

On April 24, the heat wave began spreading across the north, mountainous areas of the northern central region, and coastal places.

Its peak is predicted for April 25 – 27, when temperatures will reach 35 – 37 degrees Celsius in lowland and western areas of the north, even over 37 degrees in some places of Hoa Binh province. In the north central region, they could be as high as 35 – 37 degrees, even 38 degrees or higher in mountainous areas.

The heat will gradually abate in the following days, the centre said.

It also warned about downpours, gale, lightning, and whirlwinds in late afternoon of the days.

This year, heat waves in the northern and central regions are likely to appear later than average and not too severe or long.

Temperatures in the north will approximate the previous years’ average during May – July but be 0.5 – 1 degree higher in August and September, the centre forecast.

Meanwhile, strong winds and rough seas with waves 1.5 – 3 metres high are projected for the Gulf of Tonkin in the afternoon of April 24 – 26 as a result of a western low pressure area’s impacts.

Facing this, the Standing Office of the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control on April 24 sent a document to the coastal localities from Quang Ninh in the north to Quang Binh in the central region, requesting them take actions in response to the bad weather at sea./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has signed a decision approving the building of infrastructure at Prodezi Industrial Park in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.

The industrial park will cover 400 hectares in Luong Hoa and Tan Hoa communes in Ben Luc district and need more than 4.6 trillion VND (nearly 200 million USD) for infrastructure development. Long An Prodezi JSC is the investor of the project.

The lifespan of the project will be 50 years, starting April 23, while the construction must be completed within 60 months after the land is handed over.

The provincial People’s Committee has directed its Economic Zone Authority (EZA) to guide the investor on project implementation regulations.

The EZA was also assigned to coordinate with the investor and relevant agencies in carrying out land reclamation and site clearance as well as developing housing, social and cultural projects for labourers in the park. Employment support and vocation training should be conducted to minimise the impact on people whose land has been revoked for the project./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency