The workshop was among a series of events in the Vietnam Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) 2024 Forum.

Many participants in the workshop expressed great interest in having the chance to listen to experts talk about corporate management strategies focusing on ESG, which has become a vital element for enterprises striving for sustainable development.

Bui Thanh Minh, Deputy Director at the Private Economic Development Research Board Office said that it was his honour to have been invited to join the Vietnam ESG 2024 Forum's High-Level Council.

"Many firms in Vietnam have realised the crucial role of ESG in achieving their goals and are paying attention to adopting ESG corporate management in their development strategies," Minh said. "What we need is how to adopt it properly to achieve our goals."

Attending the event, Rector of Ho Chi Minh City University of Banking, Nguyen Duc Trung highly appreciated Dantri initiative to organise the event which will help local firms to share their experiences and challenges as well as learn from other firms and experts in implementing ESG management strategies.

"Governance is a topic of much interest for many enterprises in Vietnam and worldwide," Trung stressed. "They are focusing more on building data systems for better managing their supply chains, and then evaluating the effects on the environment and society.

Speaking at the workshop, Chairman of the EuroCham Sustainable Finance Sector Committee, Giando Zappia, who is also a member of the Vietnam ESG 2024 Forum's High-Level Council, expressed hopes that the event will help more firms understand about the importance of ESG corporate management and adopt it in order to build their prestige among their partners, customers and the community.

Le Thai Ha, CEO of the VinFuture Funds said that the workshop was a great success just like the previous online discussions of the Vietnam ESG 2024 Forum.

"The workshop showed a real situation in the ESG management adoption among firms in Vietnam currently," Ha said. "There have been many good and informative presentations and discussions on the ESG issue which I think will help local firms to find out a suitable strategy for adopting ESG in their development."

Addressing the workshop, Dantri/Dtinews Editor-in-Chief Pham Tuan Anh said that the event revealed the problems and challenges facing local firms when taking ESG corporate management.

"We've heard leading experts both in Vietnam and overseas sharing about ESG issues and experiences and proposing solutions to help local firms overcome their problems and challenges to achieve sustainable development," Anh said. "This is also a good chance for us to find suitable ESG corporate managing models for different sectors and industries."