Tài liệu Activities on climate change in Viet Nam docx

ACTIVITIES
ON CLIMATE CHANGE
IN VIET NAM
ACTIVITIES
ON CLIMATE CHANGE
IN VIET NAM
Viet Nam and UNFCCC
• Viet Nam signed UNFCCC in June 1992 and ratified in Nov.
1994 ;
• Viet Nam signed Kyoto protocol in Dec. 1998 and rectified in
Sep. 2002;
• The HydroMET Service (Now MONRE) was assigned by the
Government to be the Focal point for activities related to
UNFCCC and KP in Vietnam;
• Vietnam is considered as one of the active countries in
implementing UNFCCC and KP.
1) Official Document 1357/CP-QHQT dated 13 Nov. 1998 of the
Prime Minister to appoint the HydroMet Service to be the Focal
Point of Vietnamese Government in participitation and
implementation of Kyoto Protocol;
2) Instruction No. 35/2005/CT-TTg dated 17 Dec. 2005 of the
Prime Minister on the implementation of Kyoto Protocol in Viet
Nam;
3) Decision No. 47/2007/QĐ-TTg dated 6 Apr. 2007 of the Prime
Minister on the approval of Implementation Plan of Kyoto
Protocol in the period of 2007 - 2010.
Documents of Vietnam Government
to Direct Activities on Climate Change
4) Official Document No. 1754/VPCP-NN dated 3 April 2007 of the
Government Office reporting Permanent Deputy Prime Minister
Nguyen Sinh Hung assigned MONRE to be the key ministry in

cooperation with line ministries in monitoring, updating and
processing information on CC and SLR.
5) Decision No. 130/2007/QĐ-TTg dated 2 Aug. 2007 of the Prime
Minister on legal mechanism and financial policies for CDM
projects;
6) Resolution No. 60/2007/NQ-CP dated 3 Dec. 2007 of the
Vietnam Government assigning MONRE to be the key ministry
in cooperation with other ministries/sectors to develop National
Target Program on CC Adaptation and submit to Prime Minister
in the second quater of 2008.
Documents of Vietnam Government
to Direct Activities on Climate Change
1) HydroMet Service developed “National Program on Elimination
of Chemicals Causing Ozone Depletion”, promulgated by the
Prime Minister in 1995;
2) Mar. 2003, MONRE appointed ICD to be the “Designeated
National Agency” on CDM in Vietnam;
3) Apr. 2003, Decision of MONRE on development of Steering and
Consultation Committee on CDM;
4) Circular No. 10/2006/TT-BTNMT, Dec. 2006 on “Guidance on
development of CDM projects under Kyoto Protocol”;
5) Decision No. 1016/QĐ-BTNMT, 4 Jul. 2007 on the
establishment of Steering Committee in implementation of
UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol.
Documents of MONRE to
Direct Activities on Climate Change
6) Decision, 30 Jul. 2007, on the establishment of Standing Office
under the Steering Committee in implementation of UNFCCC
and Kyoto Protocol .
7) Decision No. 1819/QĐ-BTNMT, 16 Jan. 2007, in which focusing

on “Implementation of Activities in Adaptation to Climate
Change”, namely:
• Strengthening capacity and perception of Vietnamese business in
reduction of investment risk in highly affected sectors by CC and
development of business opportunities in emission trade under
CDM;
• Integrating CC and its impacts into decision making,
environmental protection planning toward economic integration
and sustainable development;
• Developing National Strategic Framework on CC Adaptation.
Documents of MONRE to
Direct Activities on Climate Change
Studies on Climate Change Impacts
and Adaptation
Climate Change in Asia: Vietnam
Climate Change in Asia: Vietnam
• 1992-1994.
• GHG emission inventory based on
1990 data.
• Impacts on Agriculture, Water
resources, Coastal zone, Forestry,
Human health, Disaster..;
• Mitigation and Adaptation options
for sectors.
• Policy options to cope with CC.
Funding: ADB Implementing: IWRP/IMHEN