Japan boosts all-round cooperation to help Viet Nam realize zero-carbon society: Ambassador
Japan will promote comprehensive cooperation from policy, technology to financial issues with Viet Nam to help it realize a zero-carbon society, Japanese Ambassador to Viet Nam Yamada Takio has affirmed in an interview on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet).
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| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (L) and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio during Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's visit to Japan in November 2021. (Photo: VNA) |
He cited the project of building a waste-to-energy plant in the northern province of Bac Ninh implemented by T&J Green Energy Company Limited as an outstanding example of this cooperation.
According to the diplomat, under the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) between the two countries, the Japanese Government will assist Viet Nam’s purchase of equipment with Japanese advanced technology, thus contributing to the zero-carbon economy in Viet Nam. Currently, there are 40 approved JCM projects in Viet Nam and in the coming time, Japan will continue to promote cooperation under this model.
The ambassador noted that within the framework of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's visit to Japan in November 2021, Vietnamese Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha and Japanese Minister of the Environment Yamaguchi Tsuyoshi signed a cooperation plan on climate change response towards the target of carbon neutrality by 2050.
Commenting on Viet Nam's efforts to pursue a "green economy", towards green, clean and sustainable growth, Ambassador Yamada suggested that in the coming time, Viet Nam needs to continue concretizing the circular economy and sustainable development based on the amended 2020 Law on Environmental Protection, which took effect from January this year. He added that Viet Nam should also draft more ideas to materialize a zero-carbon society.
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| Japanese Ambassador to Viet Nam Yamada Takio (Photo: VNA) |
The ambassador highlighted PM Chinh’s official visit to Japan last November, holding that the visit marked a new stage in the bilateral strategic partnership, as embodied in the joint statement towards the opening of a new era in the extensive bilateral strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia.
He noted that PM Chinh was the first foreign politician that Prime Minister Kishida Fumio welcomed after taking office, which demonstrated that Japan attaches importance to its bilateral relations with Viet Nam. He affirmed that Viet Nam is an important partner of Japan with shared strategic interests in the region to realize the goal of a free and open Indo-Pacific.
The diplomat said PM Kishida, once in his capacity as Secretary-General and advisor of the Japan – Viet Nam Parliamentary Friendship Association as well as Foreign Minister, had always reserved special sentiments for Viet Nam and worked to promote bilateral ties.
Meanwhile, PM Chinh, who used to be Chairman of the Viet Nam – Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group, has a deep understanding of Viet Nam-Japan relations. PM Chinh’s Japan visit was a chance for the two leaders to deepen their trustful relations as the PMs of Viet Nam and Japan.
According to the ambassador, 2021 was a year full of difficulties and challenges for the world, including Japan and Viet Nam, as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to spread with dangerous new variants. He said the pandemic was a test of the true values of the two countries’ relationship. However, through PM Chinh's visit to Japan, it can be seen that the process of developing and deepening bilateral relations has always been maintained.
For 2022, Ambassador Yamada expressed his belief that bilateral cooperation will continue to develop steadily, based on the orientations set by the two PMs’ Joint Statement.
He hoped that in 2023, when the two countries will mark the 50th founding anniversary of their diplomatic ties (September 21, 1973-2023), Japan and Viet Nam will look back at the past half-a-century and continue to develop bilateral cooperation more extensively and deeply, thus opening up a new period in their strategic partnership.
(Source: VNA)
