ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITIES
ON
ON CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CHANGE
IN
IN VIET
VIET NAM
NAM
 Viet Nam and UNFCCC

• Viet Nam signed UNFCCC in June 1992 and ratified in Nov.

1994 ;
• Viet Nam signed Kyoto protocol in Dec. 1998 and rectified in
Sep. 2002;
• The HydroMET Service (Now MONRE) was assigned by the
Government to be the Focal point for activities related to
UNFCCC and KP in Vietnam;
• Vietnam is considered as one of the active countries in
implementing UNFCCC and KP.
 Documents of Vietnam Government
to Direct Activities on Climate Change

1) Official Document 1357/CP-QHQT dated 13 Nov. 1998 of the

Prime Minister to appoint the HydroMet Service to be the Focal
Point of Vietnamese Government in participitation and
implementation of Kyoto Protocol;
2) Instruction No. 35/2005/CT-TTg dated 17 Dec. 2005 of the
Prime Minister on the implementation of Kyoto Protocol in Viet
Nam;
3) Decision No. 47/2007/QĐ-TTg dated 6 Apr. 2007 of the Prime
Minister on the approval of Implementation Plan of Kyoto
Protocol in the period of 2007 - 2010.
 Documents of Vietnam Government
to Direct Activities on Climate Change

4) Official Document No. 1754/VPCP-NN dated 3 April 2007 of the

Government Office reporting Permanent Deputy Prime Minister
Nguyen Sinh Hung assigned MONRE to be the key ministry in
cooperation with line ministries in monitoring, updating and
processing information on CC and SLR.
5) Decision No. 130/2007/QĐ-TTg dated 2 Aug. 2007 of the Prime
Minister on legal mechanism and financial policies for CDM
projects;
6) Resolution No. 60/2007/NQ-CP dated 3 Dec. 2007 of the
Vietnam Government assigning MONRE to be the key ministry
in cooperation with other ministries/sectors to develop National
Target Program on CC Adaptation and submit to Prime Minister
in the second quater of 2008.
 Documents of MONRE to
Direct Activities on Climate Change

1) HydroMet Service developed “National Program on Elimination

of Chemicals Causing Ozone Depletion”, promulgated by the
Prime Minister in 1995;
2) Mar. 2003, MONRE appointed ICD to be the “Designeated
National Agency” on CDM in Vietnam;
3) Apr. 2003, Decision of MONRE on development of Steering and
Consultation Committee on CDM;
4) Circular No. 10/2006/TT-BTNMT, Dec. 2006 on “Guidance on
development of CDM projects under Kyoto Protocol”;
5) Decision No. 1016/QĐ-BTNMT, 4 Jul. 2007 on the
establishment of Steering Committee in implementation of
UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol.
 Documents of MONRE to
Direct Activities on Climate Change
6) Decision, 30 Jul. 2007, on the establishment of Standing Office
under the Steering Committee in implementation of UNFCCC
and Kyoto Protocol .
7) Decision No. 1819/QĐ-BTNMT, 16 Jan. 2007, in which focusing
on “Implementation of Activities in Adaptation to Climate
Change”, namely:
• Strengthening capacity and perception of Vietnamese business in
reduction of investment risk in highly affected sectors by CC and
development of business opportunities in emission trade under
CDM;
• Integrating CC and its impacts into decision making,
environmental protection planning toward economic integration
and sustainable development;
• Developing National Strategic Framework on CC Adaptation.
Studies on Climate Change Impacts
and Adaptation
 Climate Change in Asia: Vietnam

Funding: ADB Implementing: IWRP/IMHEN

• 1992-1994.
• GHG emission inventory based on
1990 data.
• Impacts on Agriculture, Water
resources, Coastal zone, Forestry,
Human health, Disaster..;
• Mitigation and Adaptation options
for sectors.
• Policy options to cope with CC.
 Vietnam Coastal Zone Vulnerability Assessment

Funding: The Netherlands Implementing: HMS

Participating: IMHEN

• Assess vulnerability of coastal zone due to CC and

prepare for Integrated Coastal Zone Management
in Vietnam.
• Four Province selected as Pilot Studies Sites for
integrated coastal management.
 CC: TRAIN (Phase 1)
(Vietnam is one of the three participating countries)
Funding: UNDP/UNITAR/GEF Implementing: IMHEN

• 1994 - 1996.
• Assist in formulating CC policy for the
implementation of the UNFCCC.
• National programmes for implementing the
UNFCCC
Asia Least - Cost Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategy
(ALGAS) Project
Funding: UNDP/GEF/ADB Implementing: IMHEN

• 1995 - 1997.
• Enhance and improve national
capacity.
• GHG Inventory for 1993.
• Assess mitigation options.
• Develop least-cost GHG
abatement strategy and action
plan.
 Economics of GHG Limitation –
Phase 1: Establishment of a Methodological Framework
for CC Mitigation Assessment
Funding: UNEP/GEF Implementing: IMHEN

• GHG mitigation analysis and

cost-effective options, focusing
on 4 main issues:
– Associated macro economics;
– Land use and forestry;
– Agriculture, and
– Energy.
 Vietnam Initial National Communication
Funding: GEF/UNEP Implementing: IMHEN

• 2003
• GH inventory basing on 1994
data;
• Enable the country to
harmonize and uptake the
previous results, fill in gaps,
further enhance its scientific
and technical capacity,
• Impacts of CC and adaptation
measures.
 Vietnam National Strategy Study on
Clean Development Mechanism
Funding: WB Implementing: IMHEN
• Current CDM policy status;
• GHG abatement potential;
• CDM market opportunities;
• Institutional set-up and
institutional requirements;
• Criteria and approval
processes;
• CDM opportunities in
Vietnam;
 Preparedness for Disasters Related to
Climate Change
Funding: Netherlands Red Cross, Implementing: Vietnam Red Cross
Participating: IMHEN

• To strengthen the most

vulnerable people
communities in the disaster-
prone areas to climate change
and to response and adapt to
disasters.
 Climate Change Impacts in Huong River Basin and
Adaptation in its Coastal District Phu Vang, Thua
Thien Hue Province
Funding: The Netherlands Implementing: IMHEN

• CC impact on water resources;

• Improve awareness, preparedness;
• Improve existing adaptation
measures with stakeholders’
participation;
• Adaptation plan and policy at
district level with view to
replicate at provincial and
national levels.

Status: On going
Benefits on Climate Change Adaptation from Small and
Medium Scale Hydropower Plants: Synergies and
Trade-offs with Rural Development
Funding: DANIDA Implementing: IMHEN

• Benefits of small and medium scale

hydropower plants in CC adaptation
and rural development;
• measures to minimize impacts from
hydropower plants on environment
and human well-being.

Status: On going
 Development of Climate Change Scenario
for Vietnam and the Region
Funding: SEA START Implementing: IMHEN
 Second
Second National
National Communication
Communication
Funding: GEF Implementing: ICD
Status: On going

Capacity
Capacity Building
Building for
for National
National Focal
Focal Point
Point
on
on Climate
Climate Change
Change
Funding: DANIDA Implementing: ICD
Status: on going

Climate
Climate Change
Change Check
Check for
for
all
all DANIDA
DANIDA Supported
Supported Projects
Projects in
in Vietnam
Vietnam
Funding: DANIDA Implementing: IMHEN
Status: On going
Sea Water Level Rise Scenarios and Possible Disaster
Risk Reductions in Vietnam
Funding: DANIDA Implementing: IMHEN
Status: On going

Impacts
Impacts of
of Climate
Climate Change
Change on
on Water
Water Resources
Resources
and
and Adaptation
Adaptation Measures
Measures
Funding: DANIDA Implementing: IMHEN
Status: On going
Capacity Building for Cliamte Change Adaptation
in the Central Region of Viet Nam (2002 - 2005)

Implemented by CECI
• Roger Few (2006): “Linking Climate Change
Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management for
Sustainable Poverty Reduction Vietnam Country
Study”.
• Peter Chaudhry and Greet Ruysschaert (2007):
”Climate Chagne and Human Development in Viet
Nam”
• Nguyen Huu Ninh (2007): “Flooding in Mekong River
Delta”.
• Center of KH CN KTTVMT (2007): “Awareness
Raising and Capacity Building for Local People in
Climate Change Adaptation”.
• AND OTHERS...