Source: mekongasean.vn
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Director General of International Cooperation Nguyen Do Anh Tuan and Director of ENI Vietnam Company Alessandro Gelmetti signed the Memorandum of Understanding. Photo: MARD. |
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Nguyen Hoang Hiep and Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Antonio Alessandro witness the Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Eni SpA Company, on May 23.
Signing ceremony of cooperation agreement with ENI SPA which is Italy’s largest multinational industrial group with the goal of generating carbon credits, from offsetting activities based on nature and technology through cooperation for sustainable forest development steady.
Mr. Alessandro Gelmetti, Managing Director of Eni Vietnam, affirming that Vietnam and Italy share many similarities in sustainable development goals. In particular, Vietnam makes a very clear commitment to bring net emissions to ‘zero’ by 2050. Italy also sets a target by 2030, to achieve net emissions of ‘zero’ for activities upstream. source.
ENI poses a major challenge to bring net emissions to zero for its upstream activities by 2030. The Memorandum of Understanding demonstrates its desire to contribute to Vietnam and to the company itself in its carbon offsetting target. .
“With the signed Memorandum of Understanding, we hope to contribute to Vietnam’s emission reduction efforts by promoting the sustainable development of forests and promoting emission-reducing agricultural activities. Eni guarantees to support Vietnam both financially and technically in long-term projects to contribute to achieving Vietnam’s goals”, a representative of Eni Vietnam Company shared.
Witness the signing ceremony, Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Antonio Alessandro said that the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Eni SpA Company is an important step to further promote cooperation between the two countries.
At the signing ceremony, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep highly appreciated the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Eni SpA, and believed that the memorandum would contribute to promoting cooperation under public-private partnership to develop green and sustainable agriculture. and low emissions.
Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Hiep hoped that Eni Company and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development would actively exchange ideas to quickly come up with effective initiatives for the two sides to deploy, contributing to strengthening the good diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Italy. .
According to the leader of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam is one of the countries most affected by climate change, having pioneered in implementing “green” commitments, contributing to global goals.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is actively implementing the Plans to implement commitments at COP 26 such as the Greenhouse Gas Emission Mitigation Plan (including the methane emission reduction plan) agriculture and rural development sector to 2030, with orientation to 2050. Action plan for the implementation of the National Strategy on Green Growth in the 2021 – 2030 period.
Accordingly, the Ministry will strive to develop the agricultural sector in the direction of ecology, organic, circular and low carbon content in order to improve growth quality, added value, competitiveness and sustainable development. . At the same time, reduce pollution in agricultural production and in rural areas, aiming for annual growth of 2.5 – 3% and forest coverage of 42%.
“To implement the above commitments, strategies as well as action plans, Vietnam needs to make great efforts, not only from the Government, but also from the private sector and businesses to join hands to implement in this regard. different sizes to unlock investment resources of the whole society,” said Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Hiep.
ENI is a large Italian multinational industrial group present in Vietnam since 1970 and returned in 2012 after a hiatus. Currently, ENI Vietnam Company is engaged in oil and gas exploitation at 5 points. ENI is constantly looking for innovative ways to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and global efforts to combat climate change.