Industry and trade sector strives to reduce plastic waste
13:00 | 07/09/2020 Environment
(VEN) - Vietnam is facing environmental pollution caused by plastic waste with nearly two million tonnes of plastic waste discharged each year. To deal with the issue, the industry and trade sector is taking specific actions to implement the National Action Plan on management of marine plastic waste until 2030, issued by the Prime Minister in December 2019.
Vietnam’s energy strategy shifting from coal to renewables
06:00 | 25/08/2020 Environment
(VEN) - Vietnam is introducing a new 10-year energy strategy plan that puts greater emphasis on renewable energy sources and reduces its commitment to investing in coal.
So long plastic waste in Ha Long Bay: Province boosts cleanup operations
13:00 | 18/08/2020 Environment
(VEN) - Authorities in the northeastern coastal province of Quang Ninh have launched a plastic waste reduction effort directed at residents and specifically fishermen to clean up the sea and island areas.
Gifts for garbage: Da Nang implements plastic waste reduction model
13:00 | 17/08/2020 Environment
(VEN) - An innovative model designed by the Youth union in Chinh Gian Ward (Thanh Khe District, Da Nang City) is helping increase public awareness of plastic waste reduction and environmental protection by encouraging residents to exchange used plastic in return for gifts.
Plastic waste battle hampered by lack of standards, regulations
13:00 | 31/07/2020 Environment
(VEN) - The draft revised Law on Environmental Protection under consideration by the National Assembly is expected to provide redress for Vietnam’s plastic waste problem. However, high costs and lack of standards for biodegradable bags are a bottleneck in the fight against so-called “white pollution”. Vietnam Economic New’s Thu Huong asked Nguyen Le Thang Long, Director of Research and Development at An Phat Holdings about this issue.
Oodles of clean noodles: rice vermicelli village reduces pollution
13:06 | 27/07/2020 Environment
(VEN) - By applying energy efficient technologies, Phu Do traditional vermicelli village in Hanoi’s Nam Tu Liem District has significantly improved production capacity and reduced emissions, easing environmental pollution.
Central Retail ways to reduce plastic waste
06:00 | 22/07/2020 Environment
(VEN) - The Central Retail group, which owns the Big C Vietnam and GO supermarkets, is a member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and it is taking specific measures to reduce plastic waste to the lowest level in its supermarket systems across the country.
Vietnam mobilizes to fight “white pollution”
06:00 | 21/07/2020 Environment
(VEN) - Vietnam is mounting a nationwide drive to mobilize its nearly 100 million people for the fight against the “white pollution” generated by plastic waste.
Vietnam faces challenges in management of persistent plastic waste
16:52 | 26/06/2020 Environment
(VEN) - With a volume of nearly 18,000 tonnes of plastic garbage generated a day and 1.8 million tonnes discharged into oceans a year, Vietnam is one of the world’s top five ocean plastic polluters. The management of plastic waste on land to limit the discharge into the oceans under an official action plan adopted six months ago is confronting Vietnam with a major challenge.
AEON Vietnam says “no” to single-use plastic
16:40 | 26/06/2020 Environment
(VEN) - The draft revised Law on Environmental Protection was presented for the first time at the ninth session of the 14th-tenure National Assembly which opened on May 20. Apart from new, positive points, the draft also received comments and recommendations from experts.
School Recycling 2019 – 2020 program is on track with its expansion plan
18:10 | 23/06/2020 Environment
The program of School Recycling collaborated between Hanoi’s and Ho Chi Minh City’s Education & Training Department, Environment & Natural Resources Department and program stakeholders is on track with remarkable deliverables, marking its very success in the first year of expansion.
Vietnam mulls more legal action to reduce plastic waste
13:00 | 12/06/2020 Environment
(VEN) - Vietnam’s National Assembly is discussing proposed amendments to the country’s Environmental Protection Law to include the responsibilities of users, traders and collectors of plastic waste as well as its transportation and treatment.
