Vietnam supports Japan’s initiatives towards net zero emissions: diplomat
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha’s participation in the coming Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Ministerial Meeting in Tokyo will affirm Vietnam’s resolve to realise its committements on greenhouse gas emission reduction and climate change response, as well as support for the Japanese Government’s initiatives towards net zero emissions.
Tokyo (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister ofNatural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha’s participation in the comingAsia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Ministerial Meeting in Tokyo will affirmVietnam’s resolve to realise its committements on greenhouse gas emissionreduction and climate change response, as well as support for the JapaneseGovernment’s initiatives towards net zero emissions.
NguyenDuc Minh, Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan, made theremark in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency ahead of Ha’s trip to Japan to attend the AZEC Ministerial Meeting onMarch 3 and 4.
The meeting, held at the initiative of Japanese PMKishida Fumio, is the first ministerial event among Japan, Southeas Asiancountries, and Australia to discuss measures for supporting renewable energy developmentand use and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Minh noted that Vietnam is one of the countries hardest hit by climate change. Serving as Minister of Natural Resources and Environment,Deputy PM Ha has taken part in the establishment of Vietnam’s strategicpartnership with Japan and also voiced support for the Japanese Government’sinitiatives towards the goal of net zero emissions.
Nguyen Duc Minh, Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan (Photo: VNA)
The two countries boast long-standing cooperationin multiple spheres, including environmental protection and climate change fight.Realising the importance of cooperation to resolve global challenges, they havecarried out various initiatives to minimise those challenges’ impacts and obtainedsome achievements, including in perfecting policies and implementing climatechange response projects, building a green growth strategy, promoting renewableenergy, adapting to climate change, controlling environmental pollution, andprotecting forests, according to the diplomat.
Vietnam and Japan have also signed a cooperation plan on climatechange toward carbon neutrality by 2050, he noted, adding that the plan isimportant to the implementation of the Vietnamese and Japanese PMs’ commitments announced at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in 2021.
Bilateral collaboration in environmental and climate change issueshas recorded enormous attainments and positive effects. However, much needs tobe done to deal with these global challenges, and the countries’ partnershipwill continue playing an important role in the efforts to achieve sustainabledevelopment, Minh added./.
Climate change is one of the world’s biggest threats, and reducing emissions is the priority for all countries in the world and the lodestar for investment trends.
Localities in the Mekong Delta region are working hard to increase their urban areas’ adaptability to climate change, and boost urban development to green and sustainable direction.
It is necessary to increase tree coverage to reduce the effect of heat-induced problems and increase the absorption of greenhouse gas emissions in urban areas in order to contribute to realising the target of net-zero emissions by 2050, according to Nguyen Tuan Quang from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).
Many programmes and projects have been issued by Ho Chi Minh City to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapt to climate change in efforts to develop the southern metropolis into a low-carbon city.
Ha expressed his hope that cooperation in science and technology, agriculture, and natural resources would emerge as new focal points and engines of growth in Vietnam–China relations.
Giang said he believes that building on the solid foundation nurtured over the past half-century and the strong determination of both nations, the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership will continue to grow in a more robust, comprehensive, and extensive manner, thus bringing more practical benefits to the two nations' people.
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Nguyen Duc Minh, Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan (Photo: VNA) 
