With the urban green growth development plan to 2030 recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Viet Nam is hastening the transformation of its urban economic growth model towards green growth and climate change adaptation. Nguyen Tuong Van, director of the Urban Development Agency under the Ministry of Construction, said that more studies on urban development strategies and technical infrastructure to meet green growth demand and climate change adaptation would be carried out for adjustments in urban planning. Van said that the development of urban green growth aimed to enhance living quality, save energy and reduce emissions which would help boost economic growth and at the same time ease impacts on the environment towards sustainable development. Under the plan approved on January 19, 23 cities and towns would be the first to pilot the development of urban green growth. These locations included Bac Kan, Yen Bai, Phu Ly, Sa Pa, Ha Long, Sam Son, Hue, Hoi An, Tam Ky, Vung Tau, Da Lat, Buon Ma Thuot, Tra Vinh, Soc Trang and Ben Tre. In early January, the ministry issued a circular regulating criteria for green growth urban development. According to Tran Quoc Thai, deputy director of the Urban Development Agency, many cities and towns paid attention to the transformation of the urban growth model toward green growth and gearing up efforts to promote green growth urban development. Some had already issued their own strategies for green growth and climate change adaptation such as Hai Phong and Can Tho and… [Read full story]
NDO – The Ministry of Construction (MoC), in collaboration with Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI), held a ceremony in Hanoi on November 4 to officially kick off the 2015 Vietnam Urban Green Growth Week. The event was attended by numerous international organisations, relevant professional associations and representatives of urban areas around the country. A wide variety of activities will be held during the week including an exhibition featuring cities with green growth as well as seminars on ‘Planning, Construction and Development of green growing urban areas’ and ‘Green technology – Environmentally friendly materials’ with the participation of many architects,…... [read more]
The Week of Urban Green Growth Vietnam 2015 was launched on November 4 in Hanoi as part of the activities to celebrate the Vietnam Urban Day (November 8). Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Minister of Construction Phan Thi My Linh stressed the importance of both economic and environmental targets in urban green growth in order to ensure sustainable development. It is necessary to adjust urban growth models and develop strategies, implementation roadmaps and measures for each city, she noted. According to Linh, the construction sector has so far implemented comprehensive measures in many fields towards green growth. After the Green…... [read more]
PANO – The Ministries of Construction and Planning and Investment launched an opening ceremony of the Vietnam Urban Green Growth Week 2015 (WUGGV) on November 4th in Hanoi as part of the activities to celebrate Vietnam Urban Day (November 8th). WUGGV is held to support Vietnam in building urban areas with green growth, delivering a message that society, businesses, managers and people should join hands in developing urban areas as well as to cope with climate change. Addressing the ceremony, Deputy Minister of Construction Phan Thi My Linh said that WUGGV shows the continuous commitment of the construction service to…... [read more]
Nhan Dan/VNA - A national action plan on green growth was launched on July 2 by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI) with assistance from the UN Development Programme. The action plan aims to realise the National Strategy on Green Growth by 2020 with a vision to 2050, which was approved by the Prime Minister on September 25, 2012 with total allocated capital of US$30 billion. First of all, the ministry will review the development plans of localities, ministries and sectors with a view to adjusting them along the green growth orientation. Ministries, sectors and localities are required to…... [read more]
Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI) with the assistance from the UN Development Programme. The action plan aims to realise the National Strategy on Green Growth by 2020 with a vision to 2050, which was approved by the Prime Minister on September 25, 2012 with a total capital of 30 billion USD. First of all, the ministry will review development plans of localities, ministries and sectors with a view to adjusting them along the green growth orientation. Ministries, sectors and localities are required to develop their own plans of action to promote green growth and seek suitable mechanisms to mobilize…... [read more]
