In the hopes of speeding up net zero transition, Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) have been tasked with coordinating the establishment of a renewable energy center, which is expected to promote human resource training and technological transfer, as well as share legal knowledge and national governance in climate change adaptation.
During the 26th United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP26), which took place in November in Glasgow, the United Kingdom, Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính pledged that Vietnam would achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and would gradually phase out coal-fired power plants, while appealing for international partners' assistance, particularly developed countries that have benefited from long periods of industrialization in the past, to help achieve the goals.
