Vietnam and Denmark promote cooperation on green port projects

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received Mr. Keith Svendsen, Global CEO of APM Terminals. (Photo: Van Diep/VNA)

At noon on March 18, at the Government Headquarters, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received Global CEO of APM Terminals Company Keith Svendsen.

At the reception, the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized that Vietnam and Denmark have a long tradition of friendship and cooperation.

Recently, the two countries have established a Green Strategic Partnership. This is also an opportunity for Danish businesses to invest in Vietnam, especially in the fields of green economy , renewable energy, seaport infrastructure, etc.

With its location on an important sea trade route, the Deputy Prime Minister pointed out that the "problem" posed when implementing the planning of Vietnam's seaport system is to both ensure the optimization of international trade routes and meet the requirements for developing industries, processing and manufacturing, with a scale and model suitable for the trend of green and smart ports.

The Deputy Prime Minister highly appreciated the plan to develop a green fleet and green seaport of APM Terminals Company in the face of increasingly strict technical barriers, environmental criteria, and greenhouse gas emissions for the maritime transport and seaport industry.

With the policy of rapidly converting to renewable energy, Vietnam is ready to create conditions for APM Terminals to pilot the green seaport project, along with a mechanism for direct electricity purchase and sale from renewable energy projects when solving the problems of technology, cost, stability of the base power system, etc.

Thanking the Deputy Prime Minister for taking the time to meet him, Mr. Keith Svendsen highly appreciated the achievements of the Vietnamese Government in improving the business environment, facilitating foreign investors as well as efforts in digital transformation and green transformation towards sustainable development goals.

Vietnam's commitment to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions to zero at the COP26 Conference is also consistent with the Company's orientation to develop a green fleet and green seaport in the coming years.

The global CEO of APM Terminals Company wishes to explore investment opportunities to build the largest and most modern deep-sea container ports in Vietnam through digital, lean and green initiatives, proposing to receive support from the Vietnamese Government in the coming time./.

(Vietnam News Agency/Vietnam+)

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