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New UN roadmap show how tow drastically slash plastic pollution

The Kenya-based U.N. body released its analysis of policy options to tackle the plastic waste crisis two weeks before countries convene in Paris for a second round of negotiations to craft a global treaty to eliminate plastic waste.  The report focuses on three main market shifts needed to create a “circular” economy that keeps produced items in circulation as long [...]

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Hue city: Received 6 pilot electric trucks for waste collection

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Embassy of Japan in Viet Nam have handed over six electric trucks to the Hue City People’s Committee. They are the first electric trucks for waste collection in Viet Nam. The event was attended by representatives of the Thua Thien Hue Provincial People’s Committee, the Hue City People’s Committee, the Embassy of [...]

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Promulgating the list of scrap permitted to be imported from abroad as raw materials for production in Vietnam

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has just signed Decision No. 13/2023/QD-TTg promulgating the list of scrap permitted to be imported from abroad as raw materials for production in Vietnam. Plastic waste and scrap allow being imported, including Ethylene polymers: Porous, non-rigid (HS code 3915 10 10);  ethylene polymers: Other (HS code 3915 10 90); styrene polymers: Other: Styrene polymers [...]

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Vietnam will join the Plastic Pollution Treaty

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has agreed to the policy of participating in negotiating a Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution and assigned the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) to chair and coordinate with line ministries and agencies for planning and negotiating. Participating in the negotiation of the Global Agreement on Plastic Pollution, it is expected that Vietnam’s [...]

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New Task Force Promotes Innovation and Financing for Plastic Waste Reduction

The Viet Nam National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) launched a new task force to promote innovation and catalyze investment in practical solutions for reducing plastic waste and pollution in Viet Nam. This launch demonstrates a suitable approach in line with the overall agenda of the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP), and will contribute to supporting and promoting innovative solutions for [...]

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Da Nang: Reaching 90% of households to effectively segregate waste

The People’s Committee of Da Nang City has just issued a plan to segregate solid waste (garbage) at source in 2023. Accordingly, the plan sets out the target that in 2023, Da Nang City will have more than 90% of residential groups deploying waste sorting and 90% of households effectively segregation waste in residential areas; over 70% of establishments in [...]

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Thousands participate in ‘Waste Recycling Festival’

Project in Hue City – A Plastic Smart City in Central Vietnam (sponsored by the WWF in Vietnam through WWF-Norway) and Hue Urban Environment and Public Works Joint Stock Company (HEPCO) organized the event “Hue Recycling Festival 2023”. Hue Recycling Festival 2023” attracted the participation of about 200 students, parents and teachers from 7 schools in Hue City, including Phu [...]

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River rubbish collection tool installed in Nam Dinh

The Centre for Marinelife Conservation and Community Development (MCD) cooperated with the Nam Dinh Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DoNRE), Giao Huong People’s Committee, and other local partners to organize the event to launch the new tool at Thanh Hong Village, Giao Huong commune, Giao Thuy district, Nam Dinh province. This river rubbish capture tool is an initiative under [...]

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Taking an effort to complete the guideline on municipal solid waste segregation at the source

On the afternoon of April 26, in Hanoi, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan chaired a meeting and listened to the Department of Environmental Pollution Control reporting on developing a draft technical guideline for solid waste segregation. The draft technical guideline on solid waste sorting is built based on the experiences of Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Canada, [...]

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Giảm tác động của đốt lộ thiện và hoá chất BVTV trong nông nghiệp

Liên minh toàn cầu về sức khỏe và ô nhiễm đã phối hợp với Hội Bảo vệ Thiên nhiên và Môi trường Việt Nam triển khai dự án nhằm đánh giá hiện trạng và đề xuất các giải pháp giảm thiểu tác động của đốt lộ thiên và sử dụng hóa chất bảo vệ thực vật trong nông nghiệp đến [...]

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