20.500.12556/RUL-183251 The nexus between economic growth, energy consumption, technology innovation, and CO2 emissions in Vietnam Vietnam's rapid economic growth has intensified environmental pressures, heightening concerns about the country's ability to decouple growth from rising CO2 emissions. Although green policies and initiatives have been introduced, questions remain regarding their effectiveness and the extent to which technological innovation and renewable energy can mitigate environmental degradation. This study applies the stochastic impacts by regression on population, affluence, and technology (STIRPAT) framework and autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to investigate the short- and long-run impacts of economic growth, foreign direct investment (FDI), technological innovation, renewable energy consumption, and forest area on CO2 emissions in Vietnam, using annual data for 1990–2023 and provisional observations for 2024. The ARDL bounds test confirms a robust long-run cointegrating relationship among the variables. Empirical results indicate that economic growth is a key driver of long-run emissions, whereas FDI, renewable energy, technological innovation, and forest expansion play significant roles in reducing emissions over time. Short-run error correction estimates reveal that economic growth, FDI, and innovation initially contribute to rising emissions, but renewable energy and forest area exert consistent mitigating effects. Granger causality analysis shows predictive precedence from FDI, forest area, and technological innovation to emissions, emphasizing their potential as policy levers. Policy recommendations emphasize attracting green FDI, incentivizing renewable energy, and strengthening forest protection to facilitate Vietnam's transition toward low-carbon and sustainable growth. renewable energy resources sustainable development economic growth Vietnam CO2 emissions renewable energy technological innovation obnovljivi viri energije trajnostni razvoj ekonomska rast Vietnam true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-06-09 13:47:28 2026-06-09 13:50:16 2026-06-10 04:11:01 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Str. 73-88 iss. 2, article no. 1 Vol. 28 Jun. 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2026-06-01 620.9 2335-4216 10.15458/2335-4216.1369 280241667 https://www.ebrjournal.net/home/vol28/iss2/1/ 1 0182e9ed-63f9-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=235192 The_Nexus_Between_Economic_Growth_Energy_Consumption_Technology.pdf The_Nexus_Between_Economic_Growth_Energy_Consumption_Technology.pdf 1 38F129A308723F7F45A1A8DF2855D7C4 dd2e2e9e529453c9cbd2074ff38ad7693df96c3732a9b2a80ac35cbb87a924ab 43af10a0-63f9-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=235193 Ekonomska fakulteta Economic and business review 0 0 0