Vietnam’s government to promote green development

Vietnam's National Convention Centre is one of the few green buildings in the country.

Vietnam’s government will give preferential treatment to developers of green buildings, deputy minister of construction Nguyen Tran Nam has said.
Nam also said that the ministry will also create a legal framework to boost the development of green industries, according to Viet Nam News.
Vietnam’s government wants the country to become an industrialised nation by 2020, when anticipates the population in major cities to rise by about 45 per cent from its current level. The World Green Building Council said that buildings consume about 40 per cent of the world’s energy and generate 30 per cent of global carbon emissions
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Green buildings are crucial to reducing the Vietnam’s carbon footprint, said Tran Huu Ha, head of the ministry’s Science, Technology and Environment Department. He said going green would also reduce the effects of global warming but initially require a large investment.
Le Thi Bich Thuan, deputy head of the ministry’s Institute of Architecture, Urban and Rural Planning, said industrialisation also led to the loss of green spaces, further adding to global warming. Thuan added that up till now little had been done to encourage construction firms to invest in green buildings. She also said the Government should invest more in environmental sciences and raise public awareness about the need to conserve resources.
One of the few green buildings in the country is the National Convention Centre, which uses solar power and geothermal technology to reduce its energy usage.

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