The annual Forum on Cooperation and Sustainable Development in the Mekong Delta (Mekong Delta Forum) was held in both in-person and online forms on November 4, under the theme “Promoting local initiatives – Strengthening multilateral cooperation”.
Category: Viet Nam
Vietnam targeting carbon emission neutrality by 2050
Vietnam will embark on a roadmap to reduce coal-fired power generation. Instead the country aimed to double the installed wind and solar power generation capacity to 31-38 gigawatts by 2030.
Southeast Asia tipped to become world’s largest floating solar market
Regionally, the most ambitious country is Vietnam with 9.9 GW at different stages of development by 2030, reported Rystad.
Denmark further supports Vietnam’s green energy development
It is the third phase of a long-term energy cooperation programme between the two Governments launched in 2013. The programme will be jointly carried out by the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Danish Energy Agency with a non-refundable aid of 60.3 million DDK (10 million USD) in the form of Denmark’s technical assistance.
US to provide $860,000 assistance to 3 renewable energy projects
The projects to benefit are TSV and Asia Renewables’ onshore wind farms (350MW) in Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands, INGINE Pacific’s pilot off-grid wave technology project in the central Quang Ngai Province, and the Bamboo Capital Group’s (BCG) offshore wind farms in Ca Mau (300MW) and Tra Vinh (200MW) provinces in the Mekong Delta.
Vietnam makes progress on SDG 2030 ambitions
Vietnam is expected to achieve at least five of the 17 goals (SDGs) by 2030 on poverty, hunger, quality education, climate action, and global partnerships, according to the 2020 National Report on the 5-year implementation of the country’s targets released by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
Simulated Vietnam rice fields produce rice alternatives
By simulating the high salinity and high-temperature conditions of the rice fields in the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam at the Charles Sturt glasshouse in Wagga Wagga, the process used to grow these increasingly popular and highly nutritious foods lends itself to increased food security globally.
Vietnam rail debt to China comes due, but trains don’t run
Debt owed by Vietnam to China for construction of a rail line in the capital Hanoi is now due for repayment, but the project remains behind schedule and trains are still unable to run, government sources say.
At COP26, Vietnam must stress peril of rising sea levels
Despite government pledges to spend in excess of $345 million on anti-flood projects, the predicted sea-level rise and intense storm surges will require multilateral support, and breakthroughs on adaptation and resilience.
