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Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha (R) and a representative of HSBC Asia Pacific exchange a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the Environment, Social, and Governance agenda. (Photo: Vietnam+) Hanoi (VNA) - HSBC Bank (Vietnam) Ltd. and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) on November 8 exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) agenda. The ceremony, a COP27 side event, was attended by Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha and Stephen Moss, Regional Chief Executive Officer – Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, HSBC Group, and witnessed by representatives of MONRE and HSBC Asia Pacific's delegation attending COP27. The MoU states that HSBC Vietnam will assist MoNRE in building a practical approach to realising its strategies in alignment with Vietnam's net zero emissions targets. It also aims to build a framework that unlocks … [Read more...] about HSBC helps Vietnam realise net zero emissions targets

Thuy Thi Le Luong - Managing director, Cisco Vietnam Cybersecurity and IT evolution Connections between people, devices, and data are ever-expanding, with billions of open, shared, and accessible touchpoints multiplying in a hybrid work, cloud-first world. The network is the nervous system that allows everything to work together. And while this has created limitless possibilities, it’s also introduced incredible complexity. As organisations and users become more distributed, the demand for anywhere, anytime access to applications requires the transformation of networks to deliver uninterrupted connectivity while maintaining security. This is especially as just over 80 per cent of respondents in Vietnam to a Cisco survey believe that having connectivity issues regularly is career-limiting for remote workers, yet around 20 per cent say their company still needs the right networking infrastructure. Predictive networks Competing in today’s digital landscape means one … [Read more...] about Anticipating the top business technology trends for 2023

Dr. Patrick Lau, deputy executive director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council What were you doing in the Asian Financial Forum (AFF) 2023 to promote sustainable and green initiatives? In 2021, ​the Hong Kong government announced Hong Kong's Climate Action Plan 2050, setting out the vision of "Zero-carbon Emissions - Liveable City - Sustainable Development", and outlining the strategies and targets for combating climate change and achieving carbon neutrality. This target is 10 years earlier than Mainland China, and all relevant stakeholders, including us as the statutory body, are also making concrete efforts to be more sustainable and efficient ourselves. We have a role to promote sustainability to the rest of the business community, in particular small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Hong Kong. We are doing a lot of promotion of the sustainability ESG concept to the SMEs sector, even though it is not a walk in the park. Currently, only tech-related … [Read more...] about Hong Kong pioneers a sustainable future for an ‘Asian century’

Kees van Baar, Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam Every time spring comes, people in Vietnam organise a plough ritual to pray for a year of favourable weather and bumper crop seasons. Agriculture plays a pivotal role in the economies of Vietnam and the Netherlands and is deeply imprinted in the culture and people of the two countries. Sharing natural commonalities, we have beefed up our sustainable development partnership in sustainable agriculture, water management, and climate change adaptation. The close cooperation among governments, research institutes and especially businesses result in new visions, such as the Mekong Delta Regional Master Plan, regulatory frameworks as well as the blooming of business cooperation, with a growing number of Dutch companies doing business and investing in Vietnam. But even more significant: Vietnamese companies setting up businesses in the Netherlands as well. Both Vietnam and the Netherlands are delta countries and therefore vulnerable to … [Read more...] about Accelerating trade with innovation and green tech