Hanoi (VNA) – The Department for Economic Zones Management under the Ministry ofPlanning and Investment (MPI), and the Swiss Federal Department of EconomicAffairs, Education and Research have signed a cooperation deal oneco-industrial park (EIP) development in Vietnam.

Under the agreement,which was inked in Hanoi on July 11 under the witness of Minister of Planningand Investment Nguyen Chi Dung and head of the Swiss Federal Department ofEconomic Affairs, Education and Research Guy Parmelin, the two sides willcontinue to develop industrial activities in Vietnam in a sustainable andinclusive manner.

They spokehighly of the results of a project on the implementation of EIP initiative forsustainable industrial zones in Vietnam, which was sponsored by the GlobalEnvironment Facility and the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs,Education and Research.

The project wascarried out by the MPI and the United Nations Industrial DevelopmentOrganisation (UNIDO) in the 2014-2019 period. It has contributed to building a legalbasis for EIP and turning normal industrial zones into eco-industrial ones inthe country.

The two sideswill join hands to build the Global Eco-Industrial Parks Programme (GEIPP) –Vietnam, aiming to bolster sustainable development of industrial parks statedin the Government’s Decree No.82/2018/ND-CP, with support of the Swiss FederalDepartment of Economic Affairs, Education and Research in the 2019-2023.-VNA