Vietnam has had more than 400 green buildings with a combined certified construction area of about 10 million sq.m, according to the Ministry of Construction.

Tenants in HCM City are increasingly looking for green offices with good amenities that provide a clean working environment for their employees, according to Savills Vietnam.

Vietnam now has over 300 projects meeting green construction standards with a total floor area of around 7.2 million square meters, said Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Tuong Van.

The Vietnam Green Building Week 2022, the annual event held by the Ministry of Construction in response to the World Green Building Week, will take place from October 13-14 in Ho Chi Minh City, with the participation of leading construction experts.

Developing energy-efficient buildings is an inevitable trend for Vietnam to achieve its environmental objectives

Dang Hung Vo, former deputy minister of Natural Resources and Environment, speaks to the Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam newspaper on the advantages of developing smarter and more sustainable urban areas.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Buildings impact directly and indirectly on their surrounding environment, as during their construction and over the course of their lifetime they draw huge volumes of energy, water, and raw materials.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As a top graduate of the Department of Architecture from Tokyo University who has had many opportunities to work with top-notch architects around the world, Massaaki Iwamoto chose Viet Nam as the place to start his career in 2011.