Hanoi, Feb. 14 -- As many as 163 buildings in Vietnam were certified as green in 2024, doubling the number of the previous year, according to the recently released Vietnam Green Building Market Overview 2024.

So far, the country has had a cumulative total of 559 green-certified buildings with a combined floor area of 13.6 million sq.m. This figure far exceeds the original targets of 80 green buildings by 2025 and 160 by 2030, according to the report, issued by the EDGE certification system and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank. Experts held that despite starting later than other countries in the region, Vietnam has made considerable progress, with a sharp increase of green projects over the past few ...