At the event (Photo: VNA) Jakarta (VNA) – The Vietnamese delegation has expressedsupport for parliamentary actions aimed at promoting green employment andskills to facilitate the process of transitioning to a green economy.
During the meeting of the ASEANInter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) Committee on Social Matters in Jakarta,Indonesia on August 8 within the framework of the 44th General Assembly ofAIPA, the Vietnamese side offered opinions on a Resolution proposed byIndonesia, reiterating that green growth has been identified as a vital aspectof sustainable development.
They emphasised the need for awell-integrated, rational, and harmonious approach between socio-economic developmentand environmental protection, thus aiming to address the present needs without impactingfuture generations.
According to them, Vietnam’s green growthprogramme has been concretised through the National Green Growth Strategy forthe 2011-2020 period with a vision towards 2050. However, it still meetsdifficulties in the implementation process due to limited awareness ofministries, agencies, local authorities and people as well as the lack ofresources.
The Vietnamese delegation encouraged regionalcountries to establish sets of indicators to measure green growth for eachnation, moving towards creating an ASEAN set of indicators for measuring greengrowth. This involves promoting the widespread adoption of cleaner productionmethods;minimising, conserving and improving the efficient use of naturalresources, while reducing emissions, limiting pollution, and protectingenvironment quality and human health.
They also called on ASEAN member states to adoptsolutions to enhancing labour productivity, reducing unemployment rates,especially among youths; decreasing informal employment, particularly forwomen, and transitioning the economic structure towards green economicobjectives, green employment and sustainability.
Discussing a Resolution on addressing thechallenges of youth employment for a secure and prosperous ASEAN, they saidthe recent pandemic crisis will affect each worker differently while the numberof unemployed and untrained young people is expected to rise.
They suggested that particular attentionshould be given to vulnerable groups at high risk of unemployment./.
