• Donor: German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), under Macroeconomic Reforms/GG Programme
  • Implementing partners: The Department of Science, Education, Natural Resources and Environment (DSENRE) under MPI, VNCPC
  • Duration: 06/2020 – 12/2023
  • Sector: Industrial sector
  • Region: Vietnam
  • Contact: Le Xuan Thinh
  • Email: [email protected]
    Tel: (84-24) 3868 4849 – ext 28

Playing the role of a general advisory agency for the Government, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has developed and issued Guidelines for developing the Green Growth Action Plan (GG-AP) and integrating GG into strategies, master plans, and socio-economic development plans at all levels (Decision No. 600/QD-BKHDT dated 04/07/2023) to serve as a basis for ministries, sectors and localities to implement. At the same time, MPI coordinated with partners to organize a series of training activities to (i) improve the GG capacity for localities in the North – Central – South regions; (ii) provide guidance on developing the GG-AP and integrating GG that are feasible and convenient in monitoring, evaluating and increasing the accessibility of local green projects to financial sources from development partners/financial institutions; and (iii) contribute to realizing the socio-economic development strategy for 2021 – 2030 to achieve the national goal of “net zero” emissions by 2050.

Main activities of the service:

  • Developing the Guidelines for developing the GG-AP and integrating GG for industrial sectors into strategies, master plans and socio-economic development plans of ministries, sectors and localities for the 2021 – 2030 period; and
  • Deploying training activities for improved GG capacity for localities.

Activities in 2023:

  • Coordinating, exchanging and getting consensus with experts in charge of other sectors on the cross-cutting contents during group working sessions on the Guidelines development;
  • Developing and commenting on agenda, contents and materials for GG training events for localities;
  • Joint deploying training workshops on “Developing the GG-AP and integrating GG into strategies, master plans, and socio-economic development plans in the province” for relevant authorities country-wide:
Region Duration Location
The North 22-23/06/2023 Haiphong City
The Central 26-27/05/2023 Danang City
The South 08-09/06/2023 Cantho City
  • Supporting the development of a GG-AP and a list of local GG projects in the 2023 – 2024 period for Danang City.