Project Activities

Outline of activities

• Three visits to Vietnam were made during the July to September 2017 period.
• Training on climate change mitigation for HCMC officials was held.
• Training on GHG inventory preparation (second half) was held
• Second consultation meeting on the GHG Inventory Preparation Manual and MRV Manual were held.
• Final draft of the manuals were made.

Visit 18: 3 July ~ 14 July 2017

• Second General Training on Climate Change Mitigation for HCMC Officials
• Second consultation meeting on GHG Inventory Preparation Manual and MRV Manual
• Discussions with C40

Visit 19: 24 July ~ 4 August 2017

• Training on GHG inventory preparation (second half)
• Development of GHG Inventory Preparation Manual
• Discussions on final seminar

Visit 20: 28 August ~ 1 September 2017

• Participation in taskforce meeting of Climate Change Steering Board (CCSB)
• Discussions on publicity materials of GHG inventory
• Preparation for final seminar

Activity 1) : MRV of NAMAs

Consultation meeting

The second consultation meeting on the MRV Manual was held on 11 July 2017 in HCMC to obtain inputs from relevant organizations on the manual. Forty people from departments of HCMC, districts, public companies, and universities participated in the meeting. Forty-three comments and questions were raised. Those included comments on the necessity of incentives or binding rules for MRV implementation, and the importance of consistency with the national MRV institutions.

The outline of the MRV Manual and lessons learned through the MRV trials were presented in a seminar organized by MONRE. Officials of MONRE as well as those of the Ministry of Construction and Ministry of Transport participated in the seminar.

The final draft of the MRV Manual has been agreed with CCB. The manual will be completed after the final check.

Activity 2) : Preparing GHG inventory

Training on GHG inventory preparation

The second consultation meeting on the GHG Inventory Preparation Manual was held on 12 July 2017 in HCMC. Twenty-nine people from departments of HCMC, districts, public companies, and universities participated in the meeting. Fifty-seven comments and questions were raised. Those included comments and questions on double counting of the GHG emissions, software to calculate the emissions, and preparation process of GHG inventory.

The second half of the training on GHG inventory preparation for officials of DONRE was held on 27 July and 1-2 August. The participants calculated the GHG emissions in the Waste, IPPU, and AFOLU sectors in 2014 in accordance with the GHG Inventory Preparation Manual, which is under finalization. As the emissions in other sectors were calculated in the first half of the training in this April, the calculation for all sectors in the 2014 GHG inventory based on GPC was completed in this training.

The final draft of the GHG Inventory Preparation Manual has been agreed with CCB. The manual will be completed after the final check

Others

Second General Training on Climate Change Mitigation for HCMC Officials

The Second General Training on Climate Change Mitigation for HCMC Officials was held from 5 to 7 July 2017 in HCMC. Seventy-eight people participated in the training from departments of HCMC, districts, public companies, and universities.

Lectures on climate change mitigation, NAMA, MRV, and GHG inventory were given in the first and second days of the training (Part A). Lectures were given by MONRE and C40 as well. In the third day (Part B), participants made MRV plans of mitigation measures in energy, transport, and waste sectors in accordance with the MRV Manual which is under finalization.

Many questions and comments were raised during the lectures and workshop. The participants showed a very positive attitude towards the training.

Taskforce meeting of Climate Change Steering Board (CCSB)

Discussion was held with the concerned organizations on the GHG Inventory Preparation Manual and MRV Manual in the taskforce meeting of CCSB on 29 August. Fourteen people participated in the meeting from ten organizations such as Department of Transport, Department of Construction, and Department of Industry and Trade.