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Vietnam pledges commitment to greener growth

A new model of economic development is needed for Vietnam, and new measures are to be taken to deal with the effects of climate change, the head of the Vietnamese delegation to the second East Asia Climate Forum said on Wednesday.

Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and the Environment Nguyen Thai Lai told the forum in Seoul that the Vietnamese government had determined the country would not continue with its out-dated model of growth, even though it had helped the national economy grow rapidly and reduced poverty considerably.