The forum was organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Natural Resources and Environment Newspaper on the morning of June 27 in Hanoi.

Attending the Forum were comrades: Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department Phan Xuan Thuy; Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh; economic experts, strategists and policy consultants and 200 delegates who are leaders of agencies and enterprises...

Effectively convey the message of transformation, green, clean and sustainable development

Speaking at the 8th Forum "Managers - Journalists - Enterprises with Natural Resources and Environment" in 2024, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh highly appreciated the success of the forum through each organization.

According to Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh, recently the business community's understanding of sustainable business and reducing emissions to the environment has been significantly improved.

Many businesses have been taking green business as a strategy and competitive advantage. Many economic groups and large enterprises have also quickly joined in, promoting green transformation to respond to climate change and develop a low-carbon economy, towards the goal of Net Zero.

However, this change mainly occurs in large enterprises and foreign-invested enterprises, while the number of small and medium enterprises is quite large but has not been adequately concerned and has not had clear changes. Therefore, in the coming time, enterprises need to be determined to strongly transform, especially to improve their understanding and awareness of their responsibilities in protecting the environment, responding to climate change, and grasping relevant regulations both domestically and internationally.

"From that reality, it shows that in the coming time, we need to have strong enough policies to concretize the viewpoint "Investing in the environment is investing in sustainable development"; at the same time, mobilizing social resources and support from the international community. Accordingly, we will propose a new system of viewpoints and new thinking to meet the context of the vision to 2050. The consistent viewpoint is that the State plays a role in creating and leading, businesses and people are the center and implementing subjects, along with the participation of political and social organizations..." - Deputy Minister Le Cong Thanh said.

Deputy Minister Le Cong Thanh emphasized and requested that each delegate attending the Forum, with their position, role and task, will be an ambassador to spread and effectively convey the message of transformation, green, clean and sustainable development; each meaningful activity of you will make an important contribution to the management of resources, environmental protection and adaptation to climate change.

Policy mechanisms are needed to support green businesses.

At the 8th Forum "Managers - Journalists - Enterprises with Natural Resources and Environment" - 2024 with the theme "Green Economy - Responsibility of producers", delegates focused on issues of green development of enterprises: responsibilities and obstacles that are preventing enterprises from practicing sustainable development; discussed policy and mechanism corridors to support green enterprises, as well as the role of the press and media in accompanying, propagating and promoting the green transformation of the economy in both policies and operations of enterprises.

Regarding the current status of the green economy in Vietnam, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Dinh Tho, Director of the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment - Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, shared: In 2020, the scale of Vietnam's green economy reached 6.7 billion USD, equivalent to 2% of GDP.

In recent times, the growth rate of Vietnam's green economy has decreased by about 10-12%/year; currently, the scale is estimated at 4-4.5% in the national economy. The green economic transformation is a mandatory requirement in the world with the circular economic model as the tool.

According to Ms. Chu Thi Kim Thanh, Operations Director of the Vietnam Packaging Recycling Alliance (PROVIETNAM), businesses are considered a "shock force" and "crucial" force for growth and development of a circular economy and green growth. We expect that the regulations on waste classification at source, regulations on waste collection, transportation and treatment in the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 will be seriously and effectively implemented by localities. At that time, we will truly have a complete waste classification, collection, transportation and recycling system.

Within the framework of the forum, there were also 2 discussion sessions including: Presentation session: Green economy - Responsibility of producers with the participation of speakers: Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Dinh Tho, Director of the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment; Mr. Tran Quang Dung, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam); Ms. Chu Thi Kim Thanh, Operation Director of the Vietnam Packaging Recycling Alliance - PROVIETNAM.

At the discussion session, the speakers presented an overall picture of green economic development in Vietnam from reality to policy as well as the role of businesses and manufacturers in building an emission-reducing economy, in line with the global "climate change" rules of the game.

Discussion session: "The road to green destination" with the participation of speakers: Dr. Le Xuan Nghia, Finance - Banking Expert, Member of the National Financial and Monetary Policy Advisory Council; Dr. Bui Duc Hieu, Deputy Director of the Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment; Journalist Le Xuan Trung, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Tuoi Tre Newspaper - Permanent Deputy Head of the Green Development Journalism Club - Green Media Hub; Mr. Nguyen Phuoc Minh, Head of Technical Department of Ford Vietnam Factory; Mr. Nguyen Cong Luan, Deputy General Director of PetroVietnam Gas Corporation (PV GAS)...

At this panel discussion, speakers focused on discussing policy shortcomings, business weaknesses, and the role of the media in the journey to a green economy, as well as solutions to remove those bottlenecks.

At the Forum, many comments and suggestions from delegates were accepted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. The common goal is to protect the environment, use natural resources economically and effectively, proactively adapt to climate change, and contribute to implementing Vietnam's commitments at COP26.

At this year's Forum, for the first time, the Green Development Journalism Club - Green Media Hub under the Vietnam Journalists Association, led by journalist Le Xuan Trung - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Tuoi Tre Newspaper, Permanent Deputy Director of the Club, called on and inspired journalists to actively participate in the First Green Development Journalism Award (2023-2025)... This is also a practical action of the press to accompany and promote the whole society with the core role of businesses, together reaching the Green destination of the economy in the future...