Viet Nam Environment Review

Viet Nam Environment Review of 2013

Rapid economic growth in Vietnam over the last ten years, and its associated industrialization, urbanization, as well as increased exploitation of natural resources, has created significant pressures for the environment.

The increasing deterioration of environmental conditions is emerging as a barrier to growth and development.

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Climate change challenges, prominent on our agenda, are multisectoral and not just environmental but they often have a shared environmental dimension in their causes, impacts, or solutions.

OBJECTIVES OF THE ENVIRONMENT GROUP

The Bank’s environment agenda in Vietnam is focused on ensuring environmental sustainability within Vietnam's development and growth and in ongoing and future projects as well as on analytical work, and safeguards.

The Bank closely aligns its priorities with those of the Government of Vietnam as articulated in the Country Partnership Strategy.

The third of four pillars of the Country Partnership Strategy for Vietnamfor the period 2007 to 2011 refers to “Strengthening Natural Resources and Environmental Management”.

On this Environment page, about every month, we post a new technical brief covering a specific project, report, or activity. The most recent brief is noted above. All the older briefs are listed and linked at the bottom of each of the theme page.