International Project for Improving Infrastructure for Rationalization
of Energy Use. Energy Conservation in Major Industries in ASEAN Countries. By The Energy Conservation Center, Japan. March 2008.

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Energy Management Handbook for ASEAN. New Approach to Energy Conservation in ASEAN countries.
January 2009. The Energy Conservation Center, Japan.

Vietnam's integration with the international economy has increased significantly over the past decade, aided by substantial liberalization of trade, and appears set to increase further as trade-expanding measures take full effect. This dramatic shift in Vietnam's trading patterns has important implications for the environment and use of natural resources. This paper offers a systematic analysis of the trading and investment patterns to give a broader understanding of the environmental implications of greater openness of the economy during the past decade. The results suggest increasing manufacturing and export activity in water and toxic pollution-intensive sectors compared with the less pollution-intensive sectors. The story is, on the surface, consistent with the changing composition of Vietnamese production and exports away from traditional sectors and toward pollution-intensive manufacturing (especially leather and textiles). The paper also highlights the need to consider strengthening environmental policies while further trade liberalization is being contemplated through Vietnam's joining of the World Trade Organization.

Summary of a meeting of ASEAN Ministers responsible for the environment in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam on 28th February to 1st March 2007 to discuss issues related to land and forest fires and transboundary haze pollution.