Vietnam, joining hands with the international community, has made tireless efforts over the past years to protect the ozone layer, and control and eliminate ozone-depleting substances and greenhouse gases (HFCs), according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).

A carbon market will create motivation for green transition, said Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on July 12.

The Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality under the Ministry of Science and Technology has issued International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) standards regarding climate change adaption as a practical action to realise Vietnam’s net zero commitments.

Indonesia plans to launch its carbon exchange in September, with power generation companies the first to trade on it.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on February 15 called on the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) to actively join green transformation and green projects in Vietnam, when receiving Surendra Rosha, Co-Chief Executive of HSBC Asia-Pacific.

Singapore has set a goal of phasing out petrol and diesel vehicles and using more electric ones by 2040 as part of its efforts to cut greenhouse gases and fight climate change.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved adjustments to a national project on protecting and developing coastal forest in response to climate change during 2015-2020.

Vietnam is one of five countries that will bear the full brunt of global warming.

Leaders of parliaments in the Asia-Pacific region and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) made fact-finding trips to some areas in Ho Chi Minh City on May 12 to learn about climate change impacts.

Experts from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Southeast Asian nations- Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Indonesia - shared experience in the Sustainable Energy Technology Training (SETT) progragramme.

Measures to encourage ethnic minority groups to help the country respond to climate change were discussed at a conference held in Hanoi recently.

A three-day seminar on greener rice cultivation in Vietnam and across the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) opened in northern mountainous Thai Nguyen province on September 21.