Hanoi (VNA) - TheMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) and the Ministry ofTransport (MOT) have agreed to work more closely together to protect theenvironment and cope with climate change in the field of transport during the2018-2021 period.

Under the agreement signedin Hanoi on March 8, the two ministries will cooperate to mitigate transportactivities’ impacts on natural resources and the environment as well asimplement programmes to reduce green house gas emissions and cope with climatechange.

MONRE is in charge ofchairing and coordinating with MOT to make and implement plans on the use ofseas, exploitation and sustainable use of seashore resources; andimplementations of regulations on environmental protection and on importing andusing secondhand ships.

They will cooperate inbuilding and developing domestic carbon market and cooperation mechanism inmitigating green house gas emission in transport activities.

Meanwhile, MOT is responsiblefor working with MONRE in controlling marine and island environment pollution;regularly updating transport data for MONRE; and increasing informationdissemination to raise public awareness of abiding by regulations onenvironment protection in the field of transport.

Minister of NaturalResources and Environment Tran Hong Ha said he expected that the two ministrieswould always stand side by side to uphold their resources and functions tobetter manage and supervise the adaptation of regulations on natural resourcesand environment in transport activities.

He noted that cooperationbetween the two ministries must be done regularly and each ministry shouldfulfill its role to improve the efficiency in managing resources, environmentalprotection and climate change adaptation.

The two ministries shouldbuild and complete related regulations and mechanisms and share relevantinformation and data in the field, Ha said.

The cooperation programmesshould be concretised with specific plans, regular direction and supervisionand review, he said.

The two ministries willmeet to share information and review cooperation tasks every six months duringthe 2018-2021 period to speed up related works and handle any emergingshortcomings.-VNA