About 100 CEOs, the world's largest businesses and international organization experts enjoyed tea together to listen to advice and invite investment, at the CEO 100 Tea Connect tea party at Thong Nhat Hall.
Ho Chi Minh City leaders and businessmen and experts raised tea together before the exchange - Photo: HUU HANH
The tea party is an activity within the framework of the Ho Chi Minh City Economic Forum (HEF) 2023. This is also an opportunity for Ho Chi Minh City leaders to meet and discuss with leaders of domestic and foreign corporations and businesses about a a number of directions and opportunities for cooperation to make Ho Chi Minh City a pioneer in sustainable development, green growth, circular economy to match the country's leading economic and social position.
Talking to guests, Mr. Phan Van Mai - Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee - said that Ho Chi Minh City is a large urban area of over 10 million people, the economic, cultural, educational, science and technology center of Vietnam. . The city always strives to build a good living environment, convenient, safe and effective working environment for the city's people, businesses and outside businesses coming to Ho Chi Minh City.
However, the city is also facing challenges such as climate change, traffic congestion, human resource shortage, and the impact of cyclicality in economic development. According to the Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, to respond to these challenges, Ho Chi Minh City is restructuring its economy, identifying the green economy as the driving force to promote sustainable growth and development in the coming period.
The city is very determined to research and propose a Green Development Strategic Framework and commit to allocating full resources for implementation, aiming for net zero by 2050 (net zero emissions).
More specific, Green development strategic framework until 2030, vision 2050 Determined to take people and businesses as the center of transformation, and at the same time determined to focus on 4 contents.
Firstly To be Green resources include highly qualified human resources, green finance and international cooperation.
The second is green infrastructure, including transformation green energy, clean water and economical water use, resource circulation.
Third is green behavior in green consumption, green transportation and construction.
Four are the pioneering fields of green transformation including: high-tech manufacturing, green startups, innovation, tourism, agriculture, green food and building Can Gio district into a green locality.
“In addition to the above strategic framework, at today's forum, Ho Chi Minh City hopes to listen to shared opinions and recommendations on a number of issues about green energy conversion, green transportation, waste treatment, wastewater and carbon credits.
Pilot carbon credit trading
In particular, the Chairman of the City People's Committee also informed specific investors about the pilot plan Can Gio construction become a green locality.
Ho Chi Minh City wants to build Can Gio as a pioneer locality in implementing the net zero goal by 2035, 15 years ahead of Vietnam's international commitment. Focus on building Can Gio in the fields of green transportation, vehicles in the area must use green fuel, green energy, and process waste into electricity to serve production and living needs in Can Gio. .
Building Can Gio without plastic emissions, developing green tourism in Can Gio and piloting carbon credits with Can Gio forests have become the potential and advantages of this district.
Regarding carbon credits, Resolution 98 allows Ho Chi Minh City to pilot carbon credit transactions, which is a new issue that needs advice from organizations, experts, and businesses on legal issues, pilot models, and so on. making.
“The city is directing startup activities in the direction of serving the green economy and green development. The issue is the institutional framework, policies, models and methods to soon turn Ho Chi Minh City into a center for startups and innovation serving green development", Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai emphasized. strong information to businesses.
Tea making art performance - Photo: HUU Hanh
Mr. Philipp Rösler - former Deputy Prime Minister of Germany - attended
CEO 100 Tea Connect takes place in a very special way at Thong Nhat Hall, a meeting place for experts and economists - Photo: HUU HANH
T100 is learned from the 600 CEO model of the World Economic Forum (WEF). This is tea Party of a group of CEOs of member businesses of "World Economic Forum Partners", who often discuss issues of world concern.
Source: tuoitre.vn
Source: tuoitre.vn
