JICA Provides US$5 Million for Green Technology Development

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Vietnam National University (VNU) signed a project to develop green technology for bio-diesel in Hanoi on September 12.

 

The US$5 million- project entitled “Multi-beneficial measures for the mitigation of climate change in Vietnam and Indochina as a whole by the development of biomass energy” will be implemented in five years with the aim of promoting the use of an economically and environmentally superior biomass energy cycle model.

 

The project, approved by the Japanese government under a joint programme named “Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS)” was designed by JICA and Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).

 

It will focus on planting trees for oil like Jatropha and others on desolate and contaminated soil, developing green technologies for bio-diesel production and monitoring the newest environmental method for bio-diesel utilisation.

 

Among participants in the project are scientists from Osaka province University, Osaka City University, Ehime University, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City National Universities and the Institute of Environmental Technology.

 

Motonori Tsuno, Chief Representative of the JICA Office in Vietnam said the project is essential for Vietnam as it is one of the countries most affected by climate change in the Asia-Pacific region. The project will also consider multi-beneficial use of bio-diesel for application in Southeast Asia.