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Vietnam to pilot carbon market during 2025-2028
Vietnam will operate its carbon credit market on a trial basis during 2025-2028 without any sales to foreigners as well as regulations on credit exchanges with regional and global markets, heard a meeting in Hanoi on October 7.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha laid stress on the smooth operation of the domestic carbon credit exchange regarding legal regulations, human resources and policy mechanisms during the period while chairing the meeting on the completion of a draft project on establishing and developing a compliance carbon market in Vietnam.
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Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on October 7 chairs a meeting on the completion of a draft project on establishing and developing a compliance carbon market in Vietnam. |
Over the three-year span, international transactions will not be made, except for carbon exchange activities under international agreements, he stressed. From 2029, the market will be fully operated across the nation, with a study of the ability to link up with international markets.
According to the project, the compliance carbon market will contribute to concretising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets at low costs under the Nationally Determination Contributions (NDC) while creating new financial flows for GHG emissions cut, bolstering green transition and low-emission technologies.
It aims at improving the competitive edge of Vietnamese firms both domestically and internationally, branching out low-carbon economy, and responding to climate change towards net-zero target by 2050.
It lays out five groups of missions and solutions regarding goods traded in the market, participants in the market, carbon credit exchange, operation of the market, and improvement of public awareness and capacity.
Ha said that the implementation of the project must be aligned with international practices, including legal system, organisation of consultations with foreign partners, and necessary conditions to connect the domestic market with the international one in the future.
He ordered the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to work closely with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and other competent ministries and sectors to meticulously review legal documents on the establishment, operation, management, and supervision of the domestic carbon market.
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