VIETNAM GREEN GROWTH

STRATEGY

- a good opportunity to integrate

ecoservices policy

Department of Science, Education, Natural Resources and EnvironmentDepartment of Science, Education, Natural Resources and Environment

Ministry of Planning and Investment

Main contents

• Vietnam Green growth strategy

• Efforts to mainstreaming ecosystem

services in national policy framework

• Project on Ecosystem services in Vietnam• Project on Ecosystem services in Vietnam

VGGS: Definition and Time Frame

• Viet Nam definition of Green Growth– The green growth in Vietnam is a growth model based on

the process of changing growth models, restructuring theeconomy with an aim to fully exploiting comparativeadvantages, increasing economic efficiency andcompetitiveness through research into and application ofadvanced technologies, developing modern infrastructureadvanced technologies, developing modern infrastructuresystems to efficiently use natural resources, reducinggreenhouse gas emission, responding to climate change,contributing to hunger eradication and poverty reduction,and creating driving forces to promote sustainableeconomic growth.

Time duration:

• 2011 - 2020 with Vision towards 2050

VGGS: Goal and Objectives

• Overall goal: Green growth and the low carbon economy will become the mainstream of sustainable economic development and strengthen social economic development.

• Objectives:– Restructure the economy and increase competiveness through – Restructure the economy and increase competiveness through

efficient use of resources and address environmental degradation

– Assess and promote the use of high technology development to increase efficiency in natural resource use, reduce GHG intensity of the economy and respond to climate change

– Improve the quality through green employment, sustainable lifestyles, green infrastructure/building and restored natural capital

VGGS: Targets

By 2020: the average GDP per capita will double the 2010 level, theenergy consumption per capita be reduced by 1–1.5%/year, thegreenhouse gas emission intensity be reduced by 10-15%compared to the 2010 level; a modern and efficient economicstructure be formed, with which the value of hi-tech products andproducts applying high technologies will account for about 42-45% in the total GDP, the aggregate productivity contribute about45% in the total GDP, the aggregate productivity contribute about35% to the growth;

By 2030: Vietnam will achieve the middle-income country status,develop sufficient and appropriate material, technical, human,and institutional bases for a widespread implementation of greengrowth methods. The total greenhouse gas emission will bereduced by 1.5-2%/year; the aggregate productivity contribute atleast 50% to the growth.

By 2050: Green energy and technologies will be widely used.

VGGS: Major Tasks

1. Greening production processes and restore

natural capital.

2. Reduce the intensity of greenhouse

gas emissions (per unit of GDP) and promote gas emissions (per unit of GDP) and promote

the uses clean energy, renewable energy.

3. Greening lifestyle and promote sustainable

consumption.

Effort to maintream Ecoservices: Ecoservices in VGGS

• Conserve and use efficiently ecological systems as well

their goods and services. Assure to maintain ecological

services to meet the needs for water use including water

freshening, reservoir, water flow and quality regulating to

providing the communities with fishing, planting,

husbandry and forest products.

• Support to formulate the green accounting system by

pricing the natural capitals

• Encouraging and involving all economic sectors in

investing in natural capitals including investment in investing in natural capitals including investment in

ecological services infrastructure, conservation areas and

restoration of degraded ecological systems.

• Establish stimulating economic and financial

mechanisms for conserving and efficiently use of

ecological services. Promoting market approach in paying

for eco-services including wetland and marine

ecosystems.

• Protecting biodiversity while developing industries and

natural resources through applying biodiversity

compensation mechanism.

• Enhance the monitoring of biodiversity and eco-services.

Efforts to mainstreaming ecosystem

services in national policy framework

National Strategy on

Green Growth

(draft version)

Restoration and

development of

natural capital

� Biodiversity Law which

was promulgated by

National Assembly in

2008

� National Strategy on

Green Growth (draft

version) to be submitted

National Strategy on

Environmental

Protection

(draft version)

Biodiversity LawPayment for

Ecosystem Services

(Article 74)

Restore and conserve

ecosystem, species in

protected areas

version) to be submitted

to Prime Minister for

approval by June 2012

� National Strategy on

Environmental Protection

(draft version) to be

submitted to Prime

Minister for approval by

June 2012

Pilot area for mainstreaming Ecosystem Services

in Vietnam

Mangrove Forests in

Ngoc Hien District,

Ca Mau Province

Source: Barry Clough et al. 2002, World Bank, NACA, WWF and FAO

Main ecosystem

services targeted

Regulating services (carbon sequestration, coastal protection

Provision services Provision services

(aquaculture)

Cultural services (tourist

Major objectives and aims of the project

– Integration/ Mainstreaming

of Ecosystem Services in to

policy/ development/

investment planning

– Piloting this Integration on

Provincial Level

→ Develop tools/ decision

support models on multi-support models on multi-

scale

Key stakeholders: MPI, MoNRE,

MoF, MARD, PPCs

Thank you very much for your attention!