Ben Tre (VNA) - The People's Committee of the MekongDelta province of Ben Tre, in collaboration with Standard Chartered Bank, organiseda seminar on enhancing competitiveness and promoting sustainable developmentwith ESG (environment, society, and governance) on April 26.

Addressing the event, Secretary of the provincial Party CommitteeLe Duc Tho said the locality has issued an action plan on sustainabledevelopment in 2030, and it is building another of the provincial level on greengrowth in the 2021 – 2030 period.

The goals, tasks and solutions on green growth and sustainabledevelopment are included in the 5-year socio-economic development plans ofthe locality, he said.

Tho said the seminar offers a venue for policymakers, experts,businesses, organisations, individuals and stakeholders to share internationalexperience, visions and knowledge related to green economic and financial developmentand post-pandemic economic recovery.

Businesses can collect more information on the importance ofESG, and access sustainable financial sources to expand the market and theiroperation, thus contributing to promoting the province's socio-economic developmentin a rapid and sustainable manner, towards turning Ben Tre into a group of well-developedlocalities in the Mekong Delta by 2025, and in the country by 2030.

Nguyen Truc Son, Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People'sCommittee, said the locality will focus on opening up development space to theEast based on its advantage of a long coastline.

In addition, the Mekong Delta region will also fully tap marineeconomic advantages; enhance climate change response; promote transport, urban,tourism and service development; as well as expand to new areas such as renewableenergy, seaport - logistics, processing and manufacturing, and high value-addedagriculture, thus creating breakthroughs in socio-economic development of thelocality, he noted.

Son expressed his hope that Standard Chartered Bank will providefinancial solutions for sustainable development in Ben Tre in the coming time.

Michele Wee - General Director of Standard Chartered Bank - summarisedthe bank’s  development orientation and strategyin Vietnam, and affirmed that it is willing to support sustainable developmentprogrammes in the locality.

Representatives of businesses in and outside Ben Tre, andexperts from the bank shared and recommended measures to promote ESG practicemore effectively, thus improving competitiveness and attracting investment forbusinesses as well as the locality./.