Viet Nam Urban Green Growth Action, Phase II

Viet Nam’s economic growth in recent decades has been accompanied by significant rural to urban migration, which has led to increased social and environmental challenges. Over the past decade, 700 square kilometers of land has been converted into urban areas and inhabited by 7.5 million new city residents. While Viet Nam’s cities represent potential engine for strong economic growth, the largest urban centers operate with poor urban design and lack adequate infrastructure. Cities also lack sufficient levels of green growth investment, due in part to insufficient climate change and green growth mainstreaming in policy and planning processes, and climate-relevant project orientation. To address these challenges, Viet Nam had adopted the Viet Nam Green Growth Strategy (VGGS), which includes priorities to deploy technologies to adapt to climate change and reduce GHG emissions through green growth actions in infrastructure, employment, and natural capital. Many of the VGGS mitigation goals as reflected in the NDC will require increased low carbon infrastructure investment in the wastewater, energy and transport sectors.