Regulated market

Voluntary carbon market

Cap-and-trade

Carbon offset

Cap-and-trade

Carbon offset

Supporting policies

International policies

5

(EU ETS)

2

(no clear provision on carbon offset in Paris Agreement)

0

0

National policies

0

(no cap-and-trade in Vietnam at present)

4

(existing legal basis for CDM; MRV needs being further developed)

0

0

Vietnam’s mitigation potential

4

2

4

2

(only carbon credits exceed the national mitigation target will be sold to the international market)

Vietnam’s current experience in carbon market

0

(no cap-and-trade in

Vietnam at present)

4

(CDM)

0

(no cap-and-trade in Vietnam at present)

3

(REDD, JCM)

Total

9

12

4

5