East Asian environmental ministers meet in Hanoi
Published: 09/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Environmental ministers from 16 East Asian countries gathered at a summit meeting in Hanoi on October 9 to discuss burning issues regarding the environment, climate change and energy.
The meeting offers an important opportunity for regional countries to establish effective and practical bilateral and multilateral relations, Khoi said. Addressing the function, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai said that the participants should focus on discussing urgent measures to minimise the negative effects of climate change and environmental degradation, develop clean technologies and energy-saving bio-fuels as well as reasonably exploit natural resources. He also called on the participating countries to step up forest and bio-diversity protection and share their experiences in industrialisation and urbanisation, thus helping developing countries to gradually build an increasing number of environmentally sustainable cities. The Deputy PM said he hoped the meeting could reach agreements on strengthening bilateral and multi-lateral cooperation between regional countries in addressing the current urgent environmental issues. Vietnam is facing many difficulties and challenges during the course of its national development, including climate change and environmental depression, he said, adding that between 1996-2005, natural disasters killed 800 people annually and caused property losses estimated to account for 1-2 percent of the country’s GDP. The country has actively implemented many programmes addressing sustainable development, coping with climate change and for effective use of energy sources, as well as taking part in a range of international activities to prevent the harmful effects of climate change and environmental depression, Hai said. The two-day meeting has attracted environmental ministers from Australia, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand and ten Southeast Asian countries. (Source: VNA) |
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