GIZ Vietnam

About us

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has been working in Viet Nam for more than 20 years. 
Viet Nam is severely affected by climate change due to its long coastline. Concurrently, it is responsible for increasing greenhouse gas emissions in particular due to its growing demand for energy. In 2012, the Government of Viet Nam adapted its Green Growth Strategy, which aims to foster the economic development while securing environmental and social sustainability. 
This focus is reflected by the programmes implemented by GIZ in these priority areas:
-  Environment and natural resources
-  Energy
-  Vocational training
GIZ supports Vietnamese authorities in the management of protected areas and sustainable forests, including the certification of timbers and introduction of payments to local people for their forest-related environmental services. In the Mekong Delta, climate change adaptation measures are supported, for example by building wave breakers along the coastline to protect the backlands against erosion as well as storms and floods. On the national level, GIZ is working with the Government of Viet Nam to achieve the country´s Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement to contribute to global climate change mitigation efforts.
Viet Nam’s demand for energy is rising rapidly. For this reason, the government aims to enhance renewable energy and energy efficiency. GIZ is proposing measures to reduce barriers for domestic and international investment in the market, e.g. by improving access to financing the renewable energy projects or simplifying the legal framework for power purchase agreements. Besides, the federal enterprise is promoting the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency and supports the technology cooperation between Vietnamese and German universities and private companies.
Besides development measures in the three priority areas, GIZ also supports the implementation of Viet Nam’s Green Growth Strategy. This includes strengthening policymakers’ capacities to pursue green economic policies and providing legal advice to improve the regulatory framework. GIZ also endorses reforming Viet Nam’s public finance system and introducing new financial instruments for projects invested in environment sector in order to achieve lasting impacts and facilitate Viet Nam’s progress towards a sustainable future.