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Vietnam green finance and hydrogen push

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In early August 2026, Vietnam intensified its push for green financing and clean-energy technologies. Party General Secretary To Lam called on the diplomatic corps for strategic advice, while Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang led a roundtable in Amsterdam with Dutch firms to explore investment. At a Hanoi forum, officials promoted green hydrogen as a strategic solution for heavy industry, transport, shipping, and aviation, outlining plans for a full domestic hydrogen value chain to position Vietnam as a regional clean-energy hub. Challenges cited included high capital costs, freshwater needs for electrolysis, and offshore operational issues. A few days later, officials quantified the financing gap needed to meet the country’s net-zero target by 2050, estimating roughly $700 billion. At the Green Finance Vietnam 2026 conference, representatives highlighted the need to bridge pledges and bankable projects, noting a World Bank projection of $368 billion of additional investment required by 2040. Plans were announced for a Green Capital Conversion Hub to prepare projects, structure financing, manage risk, and link investors to sustainable assets. By mid-August, the government formalized these ambitions through Conclusion No. 75-KL/TW, signed by President To Lam, identifying the development of a green, circular, and low-carbon economy as a primary focus for 2026-2030. In late August, bilateral cooperation with South Korea expanded. Following a meeting between South Korean Minister Kim Seong-hwan and Vietnamese Minister Le Manh Hung, discussions moved toward practical implementation of energy cooperation, including power grid construction, renewable energy policy, and the full lifecycle of nuclear power development. ~~Concurrently, industry experts noted that while $700 billion is required~~ On August 26, officials from South Korea’s Ministry of Climate, Energy, Environment and Natural Resources and Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade furthered these efforts by discussing grid management expertise and workforce training for ~~the green transition, the primary bottleneck is not capital availability but the ability to channel funds into suitable projects.~~ nuclear power.

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