Government and business community join hands to promote green growth
VGP - The annual Viet Nam Business Forum (VBF) 2023 took place with the theme "The business community accompanies the Vietnamese Government in promoting green growth" in Ha Noi on the morning of March 19.
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Speaking at the forum's opening, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said that VBF was of great significance, being an opportunity for the business community to advise the Government on solutions to achieve the goal of green and sustainable economic development.
According to the Minister, the world economy is full of difficult and unpredictable changes, with many challenges intertwined in 2022. However, Viet Nam has achieved essential and comprehensive socio-economic growth results in many fields.
Many international organizations have identified Viet Nam as a bright spot in the grayscale picture of the global economy as the business and investment environment continues to improve and business development flourishes.
According to the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Chairman and Co-Chairman of the Viet Nam Business Forum Alliance, Pham Tan Cong, Viet Nam is setting very high development goals, which are to become a high-income developed country by 2045, and to reduce net emissions to zero by 2050.
The Director General of the Legal Department of VCCI, Dau Anh Tuan, said that in recent years, the Party, State and Government of Viet Nam had paid great attention to and actively promoted the green economy, circular economy and sustainable development.
Viet Nam has issued many policies orienting economic development towards sustainability and environmental protection, adapting to climate change, improving investment quality and efficiency, and focusing on attracting high-quality projects.
VCCI and the business community have several recommendations to realise these development orientations. For example, increasing the participation of enterprises in developing, improving and enforcing environmental laws.
Other orientations include facilitating access to information on policies and laws on the environment and sustainable development; formulating and improving policies and laws on green growth and giving incentives to enterprises to invest in high technology and clean technology; monitoring and evaluating the implementation of policies on environmental protection, green development and sustainable development at the local level; and enhancing access to capital for green growth for businesses./.
