Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has set out a series of proposals at the second Asia Zero-Emission Community (AZEC) Leaders’ Meeting in Laos, while urging countries to take more drastic actions toward achieving net-zero emissions across Asia soon. He proposed that AZEC member countries accelerate research, development, and transfer of new-generation energy technologies to help minimize greenhouse gas emissions in all economic sectors. AZEC countries should strengthen policy coordination through the ‘Asia Zero Emissions Center’ and enhance cooperation in training high-quality human resources and smart governance for the green and energy technology sector in every country, Chinh suggested. The meeting wrapped up by adopting the AZEC Leaders’ Joint Statement as a foundation for member countries to proceed with cooperation activities. As a platform for cooperation towards carbon neutrality/net-zero emissions in Asia, AZEC currently has 11 partner countries, including Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
