Vietnam will publish its official climate change scenario in April, an official of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has announced. Addressing an ASEAN seminar on climate change co-held by the MoNRE and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Hanoi on March 16, Deputy Minister Nguyen Xuan Cuong said the scenario will serve as a basis for ministries, agencies and localities to build up their own plans of action.
Cuong also said that the scenario would be updated periodically from 2010 to 2100.
JICA Chief Representative in Vietnam, Tsuno Motonori, said Vietnam joined Japan’s partnership programme on climate change in February and will be entitled to financial support from the programme’s 10 billion USD fund dedicated to climate change, including 2 billion USD in non-refundable aid for projects using clean energy.
The seminar, which gathered scientists and managers from China, Japan, the UK and Southeast Asian countries, aimed to raise public awareness of climate change.
The participants focused their discussions on building up climate change scenarios, drafting a plan for the whole Southeast Asian region to adapt to climate change, and searching for donations from other countries and international organisations.