Hanoi, April 3 -- The Department of Climate Change (DCC) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment on April 2 held a kick-off meeting for the project "Sustainable Management of Substances Controlled by the Montreal Protocol" (SMS-MP).

Funded by the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol and implemented through the World Bank (WB) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the project aims to help Vietnam meet its international commitments in managing and phasing out controlled substances. It will run from 2026 to 2031 with a total budget of over 13 million USD.

DCC Deputy Director Le Ngoc Tuan said the department serves as the national focal point for implementing the Montreal Protocol and ov...