Conference highlights indicators for green economy in Vietnam
Green growth is a path to achieving sustainable development in the context of climate change, Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyen Danh Son from the Graduate Academy of Social Sciences said at a conference on green growth in Vietnam on September 27.
A view at the conference “Indicators for green economy in natural management, environmental protection, and climate change response: Appropriateness and feasibility in Vietnam”. (Photo: ISPONRE)
Hanoi (VNA) – Green growth isa path to achieving sustainable development in the context of climate change, AssociateProf. Dr. Nguyen Danh Son from the Graduate Academy of Social Sciences said at aconference on green growth in Vietnam on September 27.
The conference “Indicators for green economyin natural management, environmental protection, and climate change response:Appropriateness and feasibility in Vietnam” was organised by the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources andEnvironment (ISPONRE) and the Germany-based HannsSeidel Foundation to share experience and find methods to encourage greengrowth in the country.
Speaking at theevent, Vietnam Country Representative of Hanns Seidel Foundation Axel Neubertunderscored that indicators for green economy in naturalmanagement, environmental protection, and climate change response should be topof the government’s agenda for national development.
Meanwhile, Son said the impacts of climatechange have challenged Vietnam’s sustainable development and the country has struggledin terms of green thinking, natural resource accumulation, human resources,funding, consumption and production behaviours and more.
The indicators for green economy in Vietnamshould be selected based on simplicity, representativeness, appropriateness andfeasibility, stated Nguyen Thi Yen from the ISPONRE.-VNA
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A view at the conference “Indicators for green economy in natural management, environmental protection, and climate change response: Appropriateness and feasibility in Vietnam”. (Photo: ISPONRE)
