Vietnam: National Strategy on Climate Change and the Action Plan on Methane Emissions Reduction

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   VM2022-0059

This report provides an unofficial translation of Vietnam’s Prime Minister Decision 896 dated July 26, 2022, to approve the National Strategy on Climate Change by 2050 and the Decision 942 dated August 5, 2022, to approve the Action Plan on Methane Emissions Reduction by 2030. These are important policy documents for Vietnam’s low carbon future including for the agricultural sector.

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