2021 Vietnam-Japan Environment Week kicks off
VOV.VN - The second version of Vietnam-Japan Environment Week was launched on December 16 via an online platform as part of the co-operation plan on climate change response towards meeting the target of carbon neutrality by 2050.
The event was co-hosted by the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Japanese Ministry of the Environment.
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan highlighted the significance of the event as a means of enhancing substantive co-operation in the field of environmental protection, along with the wider response to climate change between the two countries.
A range of activities such as online seminars and virtual exhibitions will be held during the event amid the complicated nature of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Furthermore, these events will offer an ideal venue in which organizations and businesses of the two countries can formulate fresh co-operation projects in the field of natural resources and the environment in the future.
Japanese Deputy Minister of the Environment Ooka Toshitaka revealed that the Far East nation will provide support to help the Vietnamese side achieve the goal of carbon neutrality by 2050 by devising long-term policy strategies regarding the implementation of future projects.
As part of the occasion, both sides witnessed a ceremony to mark the launch of a waste incineration plant project based in the northern province of Bac Ninh province.
According to Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Takio Yamada, the project is the manifestation of Japan-Vietnam friendship relations and it is becoming a model for other localities to implement projects on energy recovery from combustion.
He also expressed his hope to provide further support to local projects linked to carbon mitigation in the future.
