Vietnam
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News

Border Carbon Adjustment Mechanisms and Impacts on Vietnam
The International Institute for Sustainable Development explores the concept of a border carbon adjustment as a tool to drive the decarbonization of trading partner countries. BCAs are designed to raise

Southeast Asia could lose $28 trillion if it fails to act fast on climate change, report finds
Southeast Asia’s economy is set to lose trillions over the next 50 years if it does not significantly reduce its carbon emissions, a Deloitte report found.

Vietnam blows by Thailand in clean energy race
Bureaucracy is hampering Bangkok’s renewable energy drive as rival Vietnam powers into the regional lead. Thailand is lagging Vietnam in the race to transition from fossil fuels to clean energy
Reports

Carbon pricing insights from Vietnam (ANU Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia-Pacific Project)
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a matter of national interest for Vietnam, one of the most vulnerable countries to global climate change. Serious local air pollution, particularly in large cities, has also increased the case for effective emission reduction policies.

A clean COVID-19 pandemic recovery: the global opportunity (EY Parthenon)
Ready-to-go renewable energy projects can provide emissions reduction, jobs and economic growth. With the right policy levers, areas in most need of jobs and growth can be winners in the green recovery.

A climate of fairness: Environmental Taxation and Tax Justice in Developing Countries (VIDC)
This report published by the Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC) and authored by Jacqueline Cottrell and Tatiana FalcĂŁo, explores the trade-offs and complementarities between environmental taxation and social equity. It analyses the
Policy Briefs

Integrated Approach to Green Fiscal Consolidation for ASEAN (ASEAN Centre for Energy Repost)
Highlights This Policy Brief was written by Halimah Badioze Zamanaa, Hazleen Arisaa, Nora Yusmaa, Rika Safrinabb, and Silvira Ayu Rosaliab a Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) b ASEAN Centre for Energy

Viet Nam – Country profile
Background Vietnam is located in South East Asia and has a tropical climate in the south and a monsoon climate in the north. Vietnam has low, flat deltas in the