Vietnam
The National Climate Change Strategy approved by Decision no 2139/QD-TTg
Executive
Strategy
Mitigation Framework
Passed in 2011
The Strategy, approved by the Prime Minister of Vietnam, is a 'multi-century vision' and is broad and multi-sectoral. Within the Strategy, the following specific objectives are set out:
- Ensure food security, energy security, water security, poverty alleviation, gender equality, social security, public health; enhance living standards, conserve natural resources in the context of climate change
- Consider low carbon economy and green growth as principles in achieving sustain-able development; GHG emission reduction and removal to become a mandatory index in social and economic development
- Raise awareness, involvement and coping capacity of stakeholders; strengthen scientific and technological potential and human resources; strengthen institutional arrangements to utilise financial assistance; enhance the economic competitive-ness and status of Vietnam; take advantage of climate change opportunities for social and economic development; promote climate-friendly behaviours
- Join forces with international communities in addressing climate change; increase international co-operation to address climate change effectively
Targets to be achieved by 2020 (but some also refer to 2050, 2030 and 2015):
Agriculture and husbandry
- Complete basic system for pest and disease control for crops and livestock after every 10 years, reduce GHG emission from agriculture by 20%, while securing 20% growth and lowering the rate of poverty by 20%
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- Basic completion of creation of management capacity, uniform planning and sustainable national development of water resources
- Establish, manage, protect, sustainably develop and use 16.24m ha of forest, increase forest coverage to 45%; manage 8.134m ha of production forest; 5.842m ha of protection forest and 2.271m hectares of special-use forest
Energy and industry
- Hydropower plants' capacity reaches 20,000-22,000 MW
- Increase the share of new and renewable energies to 5% of the total commercial primary energies (increase to 11% by 2050)
- 90% of industrial facilities using cleaner production and reducing consumption of energy, fuel and materials
- Raise the total contribution of industrial production using high technologies, ensuring added value in the total industrial production value by 42-45%; promote innovation towards high technologies
- 20% of industry using high technologies and equipment (above 80% by 2015)
- Take step-by-step actions to complete the establishment of sustainable and industrial zones resilient to climate change by 2030
- By 2015 establish a new price system for efficient use of energy
- 90% of urban household solid waste to be collected and treated, of which 85% to be recycled, reused and recovered for energy generation.
Transport
- The transport system to meet societal needs and by 2050 complete modernisation of domestic and international transport network)
- Accelerate the use of compressed natural gas and liquefied gas in buses and taxis, with 20% of buses and taxis by 2020 (and by 80% by 2050)
Institutional
- By 2015 issue climate change-risk adjusted sectoral and local socio-economic strategies and plans
Healthcare
- In the context of climate change challenges: by 2020 everyone has access to basic healthcare services (by 2030: full access to healthcare services)
Documents
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Use of compressed natural gas and liquefied gas in buses and taxis to reach the target of 20% of buses and taxis by 2020, and 80% by 2050
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Increase the share of new and renewable energies to about 5% of the total commercial primary energies by 2020 and about 11% by 2050
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Reduce GHG emission from agriculture by 20%, while securing 20% growth and lowering the rate of poverty by 20% by 2020 against a 2010 baseline
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Increase the national forest cover rate to 44-45% by 2020 against a 2010 baseline
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90% of industrial facilities using cleaner production technologies and reducing consumption of energy, fuel and materials by 2020 against a 2010 baseline
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90% of urban household solid waste will he collected and treated, of which 85% will be recycled, reused and recovered for energy generation by 2020
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By 2020, total capacity of hydropower plants will reach 20,000-22,000 MW by 2020
from the Grantham Research Institute
from the Grantham Research Institute
