Businesses in Vietnam invest US$9bil in green growth

From right: Nguyen Anh Tuan, Nguyen Quang Vinh and Nguyen Van Toan, with other delegates at the seminar 'FDI enterprises with green growth of Vietnam' in Hanoi on April 27. — VN

HANOI (Xinhua): Businesses in Vietnam, including foreign-invested firms and local private companies, have invested about US$9 billion in green growth projects, or 2 per cent of the country's gross domestic product, the Vietnam News reported on Friday (April 28).

Green investments in Vietnam have grown between 10 per cent and 13 per cent over the past two years, said Nguyen Anh Tuan, deputy director of the Foreign Investment Department under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.