Challenges and solutions to attract investment resources"

Implementing the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha in Notice No. 372/TB-VPCP dated August 10, 2024 of the Government Office, today (August 21), the Ministry of Transport organized a seminar "Developing green transport: Challenges and solutions to attract investment resources".

Tọa đàm — Seminar "Green Transport Development: Challenges and Solutions to Attract Investment Resources"

The seminar was organized in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) within the framework of the NDC Transport Initiative in Asian Countries (NDC-TIA) project.

The seminar was attended by more than 150 delegates from ministries, branches and localities; experts from research institutes, universities and international organizations in Vietnam.

The main objectives of the seminar are: To summarize the situation after two years of implementing Decision 876/QD-TTg dated July 22, 2022 of the Prime Minister on the Green Energy Conversion Program, reducing carbon and methane emissions in the transport sector; To share experiences on green conversion, challenges and solutions to mobilize investment resources for green transport development.

The seminar not only created an opportunity for ministries, branches and localities to share experiences and good examples, but also an opportunity for parties to share difficulties and challenges in the process of implementing the Green Energy Conversion Program, reducing carbon and methane emissions in the transport sector.

Furthermore, this is an opportunity to listen to international organizations share about preferential investment policies for green transport development in Vietnam; support businesses to access capital sources from international financial and credit organizations to develop green, environmentally friendly transport.

The discussion was attended by:

- Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang; Deputy Minister of Transport Le Anh Tuan

- Leaders and representatives of the Department of Science, Technology and Environment, and Department of Planning and Investment under the Ministry of Transport

- Representatives of the Ministry of Planning & Investment, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Industry and Trade

- Representatives of the Department of Transport of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City; electric vehicle enterprises and charging station developers

- Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Dong, former Deputy Minister of Transport

- Prof. Dr. Le Anh Tuan, Chairman of the Council of Hanoi University of Science and Technology

- WB Country Director in Vietnam

- Mr. Shantanu Chakraborty, ADB Country Director in Vietnam

- Ms. Takebayashi Yoko - Deputy Chief Representative - JICA in Vietnam

- Ms. Renée Deschamps, Acting Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Australia to Vietnam

- Mr. Thomas Wiersing, Chargé d'Affaires - Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union EU to Vietnam

- Mr. Jin Saeun, Chief Representative of EDCF Office in Hanoi

- Mr. R. Duncan McIntosh, Maritime Expert, ADB

- Mr. Chris Markey, Deputy Regional Director, Southeast Asia and Oceania, US Grains Council

- Mr. Kanzo Nakai, Director of Transport, ADB