The event aimed to boost cooperation and share Norway’s environmental management experience towards protecting the ocean environment in Vietnam while using resources in a sustainable and effective manner.

The focus of the seminar was on devising plans to respond to oil spills at sea, mapping an oil spill sensitivity system and evaluating the risks of oil spill pollution in oceanic areas within Vietnam’s jurisdiction.

Norwegian ambassador to Vietnam Torstein Risa said his country will transfer advanced environmental surveying technologies and offer advanced training to help Vietnam cope with oil spills and other environmental pollution. .

Vietnam’s maritime transport grows on average nearly 20 percent annually, with sea-freight charters accounting for 35 percent of total import-exports.

Given its location on the main sea route to China, Japan and Korea and its proximity to oil exploration, Vietnam urgently needs to enhance its capacity to cope with such an incident.