Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN talks to Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General on Climate Action Selwin Hart (Photo: baoquocte.vn)

Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General on Climate Action Selwin Hart delivered the letter to Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN at a meeting in New York on Thursday.

In the letter, Guterres applauded Vietnam’s strong commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 and reducing domestic coal-fired electricity consumption at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). He said the UN fully supports Vietnam’s efforts to phase out coal-fired power by 2040, and welcomed the G7’s recent agreement to establish a partnership with Vietnam on energy transition.