France pledges $550 million to advance Vietnam’s energy transition
France will provide $550 million to help Vietnam expand clean energy and low-emission transport projects, reinforcing bilateral cooperation under the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP). The announcement was made by French Ambassador Olivier Brochet at an event in Hanoi on October 24, marking three decades of the French Development Agency (AFD) in Vietnam. Ambassador Brochet said that more than half of the pledged amount has already been deployed through AFD-led JETP initiatives. He added that…