On 25 June, The Saigon Times, in collaboration with Green Transition Consulting & Training, held the ESG Forum 2025 under the theme “Dual Transformation Toward Eco-Industrial Parks” in Ho Chi Minh City.
The event welcomed high-level guests, including:
- Saigon Times Group’s Deputy Editor-in-Chief Chuong Pham
- Office of the Research and Development Board for the Private Economic Sector’s (Board IV – PSD Committee) Director Thuy Pham
- Nguyen Trung Kien, Director at VLANDCO
- US Green Building Council’s Director and Green Business Certification’s Associate Director Santanu Dutta Gutpa
EuroCham’s Green Growth Sector Committee (GGSC) Vice-Chair Frank Pogade spoke at a workshop on “Blue-green infrastructure toward Eco-Industrial Parks (EIP)”. He highlighted the importance of the “sponge cities” concept, focusing on nature-based solutions, green buildings, sustainable architecture, and eco-efficiency to avoid severe flooding damages.
With participants who are business leaders, policymakers, sustainability experts, and foreign chambers of commerce, Mr. Pogade led the workshop to generate ideas, discuss and answer the burning question: How can Vietnam’s EIP become greener, smarter, and more people-focused?
The presentation and workshop session aimed to serve as a launchpad for stakeholders to commit, connect, and co-create a new generation of industrial zones – greener, more efficient, and future-ready.
