Vietnam, US expect stronger cooperation in climate change response
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry discussed the urgency of national and world efforts to limit global warming and adapt to climate change during his working visit to HCM City on September 4. Politburo member, and Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen (right) hosted a reception on September 4 for US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry (Photo: VNA). In talks with Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen, Kerry said that the US and Vietnam had enjoyed good relationship in many fields and the two needed to strengthen cooperation to quickly combat climate change, reported from VNS. Kerry said that the US and many countries in the world were concerned with renewable energy development, and had set many specific goals for this major issue. The world was in a race to transition to a clean energy-using economy, he emphasized and wished that Vietnam would jointly promote this transition. Expressing his a