Tokyo, Nov. 10 -- Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Environment Trinh Viet Hung and Japanese Minister of the Environment Sasagawa Hiroyoshi witnessed the exchange of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on environment cooperation between the two ministries in Tokyo on November 9.

The exchange was part of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam's official visit to Japan from November 8-11.

The MoU is expected to open the door to environmental technology, carbon market and circular economy cooperation and support Vietnam's green transition.

It sets eight priority areas. They include emissions cuts and climate change adaptation; low-carbon technology, carbon markets and the Joint Cred...