CCXG Global Forum March 2018, Reporting technology related information in Vietnam’s NCs and BUR1s by Pham Van Tan

1. Presented by: Pham Van Tan, MONRE, Viet Nam
Reporting technology related information
in Vietnam’s NCs and BUR1s
Global Forum on the Environment and Climate Change of CCXG
Paris, 7-8 March 2018

2. Submission of NCs and BURs
Vietnam has developed and submitted to UNFCCC:
• NC1 in 2003, NC2 in 2010
• BUR1 in 2014 and BUR2 in 2017

3. Institutional arrangements for development
of the NCs and BURs
• Vietnam Standing Office of the UNFCCC
and its Steering Committee are the main
bodies to lead the Working Groups to
develop the Reports
• Draft Reports were circulated and get
comments from all related departments,
research institutions, consulting firms and
other related stakeholders
• The final Reports had to get official
comments from lines ministries and
endorsement from Prime Minister before
submitting to the UNFCCC

4. Technology needs
• 2 TNA projects have been implemented to support development of reports
BUR1: Global TNA project, completed in 2012, TA from UNEP through UNEP-DTU
Partnership
BUR2: Facilitate Implementation and Readiness for Mitigation (FIRM), completed in 2015,
with TA also from UNEP-DTU Partnership,
Main objectives:
Identifying and prioritizing adaptation and mitigation technologies, and contributing to the
national sustainable development goals;
Identifying barriers to the acquisition, deployment, and diffusion of prioritized
technologies;
Developing TAPs to overcome the barriers and facilitate the transfer, adoption, and
diffusion of selected technologies in the participant countries.

5. Measure Prio
rity
Why is it important? Who? How should they do it? Time
scale
MRV for
measure
Est. costs
1,000USD
I. Wind power technology
Category: Medium scale, short-term
Innovation stage: Deployment – Diffusion
Creation of networks
Build a communication
system to provide
information to
stakeholders
2 It helps stakeholders to make
easier decisions on which
technology they are going to
invest on
MOST Study information needs,
review the existing
information channels and
develop a suitable information
system
2012
-
2020
MOIT 20
Policies and measures
Develop investment
incentive and
subsidization schemes
1 Wind power production has
not been able to exploit its full
potential ….
MOIT,
MOF
Develop investment incentives
and subsidization schemes for
wind power
2012
-
2015
MOIT 100
Market support actions
Build wind maps to
locate appropriate sites
for wind power plants
1 It enhances capacity factor and
reduces investment costs to
appeal to investors
MOIT
and
EVN
Carry out wind observation in
potential sites;
Build wind maps
2012
-
2020
MOIT 1,000
Skills training and education
Facilitate training and
education on the
technology, ….
1 To build designing, operating
and maintenance capacity of
technicians, designers,
installation and O&M staff
MOIT,
EVN
Assess capacities and training
needs, make plans for training
and experience sharing with
foreign partners
2012
-
2020
MOIT 1,500

6. Technology support received
• No official tracking system or TA support
• Information collected through interviews and searching from approved
projects or known information  incomplete; cannot disaggregate the cost
of technology as it is one part of a support package received.
• Information provided in the BURs were vague with no detail on support
received; no quantity information such as how many per cent of previous
report on the needs has been received

7. Recommendations
NCs, BRs, BURs should be continued as the channels to report on
technology supports, needs and received. However the linkage the reports
with NDCs should be focussed
 Detail guidelines should be developed with main features applied to all
that facilitate the comparisons among information from reports of provided,
needs and received. However, the room for flexibility should be enough to
accommodate the diversity for NDCs
A global online database should be established that included technology
related information reported by Parties, with details and up-to-date
information can be updated by authorised experts or organizations

8. Thank you
Further information/discussion:
Pham Van Tan
Deputy Director General, Climate Change Department
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Viet Nam
10 Ton That Thuyet, Hanoi, Vietnam
Email: pvtan11@gmail.com