Saturday, April 10, 2010

Viet Nam: National steering committee on climate change established

The Prime Minister has signed the Decision No.419/QĐ-TTg on establishing the National Steering Committee for the National Target Programme to respond to climate change.

Accordingly, the Chairman of the steering committee is the Prime Minister who is responsible for managing the steering committee and assigning tasks to relevant members.

The Standing Vice Chairman who is the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment will assist the Chairman to co-ordinate activities of the committee and submit to the Government policies to combat climate change.

Other Vice Chairmen are leaders of relevant ministries and sectors. They take charge in proposing solutions to implement the programme, working out plans to lure investment and balancing financial support to the programme and so on.

The steering committee will hold a meeting every six months.