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BIDV joins Sustainable Finance in the Indo-Pacific conference
Mr. Tran Long, BIDV’s senior executive vice president, attends the virtual SUFIP conference
At the Sustainable Finance in the Indo-Pacific conference (SUFIP), a senior executive of BIDV presented inputs on promoting sustainable energy transition.
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he conference was co-organized by the French Development Agency (AFD) and India Exim Bank on 21 February 2022 in Paris. The event aims to bring together the major development financial institutions of the Indo-Pacific region and Europe to discuss common sustainable development and strengthen the commitment of these development financial institutions through concerted actions in priority areas: energy and climate transition, infrastructure and digital connectivity, health, blue economy, and biodiversity.
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BIDV joined the conference as AFD's main partner in the Asia-Pacific region and one of the key banks in arranging and financing energy investment and development projects in Vietnam. At the conference, Mr. Tran Long - BIDV's Senior Executive Vice President – delivered a speech themed “Speeding up energy transition process: Turning commitments into practical actions". He affirmed that developing renewable energy sources to contribute to limiting greenhouse gas emissions, protecting the environment, and reducing dependence on fossil fuels is an inevitable trend. Mr. Long also shared experiences, plans and actions of BIDV in the process of restructuring financing for the energy sector. Defining the role of green growth in the energy transition towards
