Forum discusses smart, sustainable, adaptable cities
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Transport Le Anh Tuan touched upon the role of smart, low-carbon transport system in building smart, sustainable and adaptable cities, while presiding over a plenary session of the 12th Intergovernmental Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia in Hanoi on October 29.
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese DeputyMinister of Transport Le Anh Tuan touched upon the role of smart, low-carbontransport system in building smart, sustainable and adaptable cities, whilepresiding over a plenary session of the 12th IntergovernmentalRegional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia in Hanoi onOctober 29.
Tuan also highlighted the role of sustainable transport in reducing greenhousegas emissions and realising sustainable development goals.
Delegates looked into the EST’s future role in Asia, emerging trends of urbantransport in the region, how to duplicate transport solutions with calculationof emerging trends, contributions of transport to sustainable development, andnationally determined contributions (NDCs).
A Japanese representative said a smart city needs technologies, good planning,renewable energy, and green, clean transport.
Experience and new initiatives regarding smart transport and low-carbontechnologies in the transport sector presented at the forum would be applied inthe participating countries, helping them complete the goal of sustainablecities and communities set in the United Nations 2030 Agenda, Tuan said.
Established by the UN in 2005, the forum is animportant part of the EST initiative. The annual event aims to boost Asiancountries’ awareness of environmental protection in transport sector, as wellas build safer, more beautiful and sustainable urban areas and communities viaeffective development policies, plans and programmes.
It has 25 member countries namely Afghanistan,Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, India, Iran, Japan, theRepublic of Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, thePhilippines, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Russia andVietnam./.
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At the plenary session (Photo: VNA) 
