Canada supports Vietnamese SMEs to reduce emissionsCanadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion has announced that his country will provide 15 million CAD (11.6 million USD) to help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam with initiatives and technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He wanted the exchange of information relating to Canada’s new policies and priorities and Vietnam’s climate change, environment protection, water resource management, including the ratification and implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the plan to use green energy and technology. Canada will provide assistance for the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in building human resource capacity and developing a legal framework on natural resources management, climate change, and green economic development. The two sides will work on a cooperative programme in support of SMEs in actualising the action plan on emission reduction. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Canadian Ministry of Environment and Climate Change will sign a memorandum of understanding to realize their cooperation intensions.

Source: VietNamNet News September 06, 2016 02:15 UTC