Promoting the development of green buildings and green transportation in a sustainable direction

On October 29, in Ho Chi Minh City, the Ministry of Construction chaired and coordinated with relevant agencies to organize the Vietnam Green Building and Green Transport Week 2025 with the theme "Innovation, promoting the development of green buildings and green transport towards sustainability".

Experts discussed at the seminar "Optimizing the use of energy and construction materials to minimize emissions in green buildings". Photo: TH

The event attracted more than 1,000 delegates, including representatives from state management agencies, international organizations, experts, domestic and foreign enterprises. The week included 1 plenary session, 4 thematic workshops, focusing on sharing experiences, new technologies, identifying barriers and proposing solutions to promote the development of green works and transport in Vietnam.

Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Van Sinh spoke at the ceremony. Photo: THANH HIEN

Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Van Sinh said that with rich and diverse activities, associated with expertise and reality, the Green Building and Green Transport Week 2025 aims at 4 goals, including:

Firstly , promote the effective implementation of contents related to green building development and green transportation of strategies, programs and plans on green growth and climate change response...

Second, identify bottlenecks in mechanisms and policies, and shortcomings in implementation capacity in practice to outline priorities and specific actions to quickly promote green transformation in the construction industry, towards sustainable development, energy saving, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and minimization of environmental impacts.

Third, propose an effective coordination mechanism between ministries, branches, localities, international organizations and the private sector to promote the development of green buildings and green transport in Vietnam.

Fourth , raise awareness, capacity and commitment of businesses and local authorities in applying energy-saving and environmental protection solutions in the construction of transport infrastructure and the operation of green buildings and green transport.

Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Bui Xuan Cuong speaks at the ceremony. Photo: THANH HIEN

Speaking at the ceremony, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Bui Xuan Cuong said that this year, expanding the theme to "Green Construction and Green Transport" not only represents a new development in urban infrastructure development thinking, but also reflects the spirit of innovation, integration and strong action to realize national commitments on net zero emissions by 2050.

According to the Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, after the merger, Ho Chi Minh City has become a megacity with more than 10 million motorbikes and more than 1 million cars of all kinds, posing challenges in the management and development of modern, sustainable urban areas. In the face of these challenges, Ho Chi Minh City has been implementing plans and programs such as: green development and energy conversion, Ho Chi Minh City urban railway development project; vehicle emission control project based on specific mechanisms and policies according to Resolution No. 98; solutions to promote environmentally friendly public transport works, electric bus systems, buses using clean fuel. Along with that, the city promotes the development of green, energy-saving buildings, in encouraging businesses to participate in green building certification, Net Zero buildings.

"As of September 2025, Ho Chi Minh City has 268 green buildings, with 6,290,031 square meters of floor space. Ho Chi Minh City is gradually building a smart city, applying digital transformation in planning, infrastructure and energy management," said Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Bui Xuan Cuong.

According to statistics, by the end of the third quarter of 2025, the whole country will have more than 600 green buildings, with a total construction floor area of ​​nearly 17 million m²; there will be 183,240 electric cars and 974 electric buses in circulation. The two leading localities are Hanoi (38,445 electric cars and 317 electric buses) and Ho Chi Minh City (38,444 electric cars and 507 electric buses).

Localities such as Da Nang, Hai Phong, Thanh Hoa, Khanh Hoa… are also recording strong growth in this field, making an important contribution to the goal of developing a green and sustainable economy .

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Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/thuc-day-phat-trien-cong-trinh-xanh-giao-thong-xanh-theo-huong-ben-vung-post820583.html