Tiếng Việt
ABOUT US
Since our founding in 2007, the Vietnam Green Building Council (VGBC) has worked to develop Vietnam’s property sector to be robust, sustainable, and healthy for both people and environment for generations to come. As Vietnam’s only representative member of the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC), we bring global sustainability priorities and policies to the Vietnam construction industry, helping to ensure international alignment.
As a legally registered Vietnamese organization, we host a vibrant community of corporate, professional, and academic members and knowledge partners who believe that by acting together, we can make a positive difference. Our professional community guides the VGBC via diverse technical committees and membership voting on key developmental issues.
Through our core activities, we bring the most up-to-date guidance and tools to support sustainable growth. These include supporting and promoting our members, certifying buildings and construction products under the LOTUS family of rating systems, educating market stakeholders, and bringing global best practice from the WorldGBC to Vietnam.
OUR CORE ACTIVITIES
Certify Green Buildings
We manage the LOTUS family of green building rating tools, Vietnam’s only international/local, country specific, comprehensive, green building system.
Certify Construction Products and Equipment
Our LOTUS Green Product Certification, featured in our online database, helps project teams to select sustainable construction products, equipment, and systems for green performance.
Educate The Market
We educate a wide variety of market stakeholders, including investors, developers, designers, manufacturers, and government practitioners, to make informed decisions to best optimize construction projects for both the environment and people.
Support Our Members
We support and promote our members who include investors, developers, design firms, manufacturers, consultants, individual professionals, students, and others.
Collaborate With Our Partners
We work closely on special projects with our partners who include government institutes, international development and financial institutions, universities, and corporations looking to advance sustainability in Vietnam.
Support Vietnam’s International Alignment
As an active member of the World Green Building Council’s Global Policy Steering Committee and the COP28+ BuildingsBreakthrough Priority Action 1 Steering Committee, we share the most recent advances in global green building solutions and policy to support productive alignment for Vietnam.
OUR PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY
Since our beginnings, we have represented 200+ market leading firms committed to a sustainable built environment. Our members make up a diverse cross section of stakeholders in the construction market, including investors, developers, manufacturers, designers, educators, researchers, institutes, and others. The buildings industry is complex, requiring cross linkages across disciplines, so our rich member diversity helps build strong and productive ties between different segments.
The 21st century has brought many critical issues into focus, such as climate change, resource scarcity, biodiversity loss, and social equity. The property sector plays a critical role in each of these impact areas, and green building evaluations and certification is the leading framework to help ensure the property sector is part of the solution rather than the problem. Third party certification under Vietnam’s country specific family of LOTUS rating systems brings transparency to performance, allowing projects and owners to celebrate achievement and demonstrate their commitment to a sustainable Vietnam.
WHAT IS A GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL?
Today, there are 80+ green building councils (GBCs) across the globe, one per country, with each serving to promote the development of sustainable construction in their national context. Every GBC is a formal member of the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC), based in London, UK, which helps provide worldwide priorities for all GBCs to carry out in their respective countries. Most GBCs are non-profit organizations with similar core activities, such as using international principles to create the most suitable green building rating systems for their national contexts, educating market stakeholders, hosting organizational members, and supporting government policy development. The Vietnam Green Building Council (VGBC) is part of the WorldGBC’s regional Asia Pacific Network (APN) comprised of 16 GBCs. We all work together to advance sustainability in a harmonized way throughout South and East Asia.
For more information on the WGBC, please click HERE.
HISTORY
The Vietnam Green Building Council (VGBC) was first conceived in 2005 with an aim to raise awareness and build capacity for the development of green building in Vietnam. Key founding members included Hanoi architect Le Cuong, journalist and consultant Tran Tuong Nhu, and the Green Cities Fund (GCF) founder Tom Miller.
In 2007, VGBC’s business plan was endorsed by the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) and RMIT University of Melbourne, Australia funded the council’s first training event and research on Sustainable Climate Change Adaptation (SCCA). In 2008, the GCF and the VGBC received operations permission from the Vietnam government. In March 2009, The VGBC was officially recognized by the Ministry of Construction of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Later that same year, the council also took part in the establishment of the WorldGBC Asia Pacific Network (APN).
In June 2016, the VGBC changed its legal entity status to a registered Vietnamese Social Enterprise (the Viet Nam Green Building Social Enterprise Company Limited/CÔNG TY TNHH DOANH NGHIỆP XÃ HỘI CÔNG TRÌNH XANH VIỆT NAM). The organization is currently led by a local board of directors to further its mission for a sustainable built environment for Vietnam.
VISION & MISSION
VISION
A Vietnam with a healthy, resource efficient, and climate smart built environment.
MISSION
To facilitate Vietnam’s broad uptake of sustainable construction through education, partnerships, green finance, and verified green building certifications.
