According to statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, approximately 1.8 million tonnes of plastic waste are generated in Vietnam every year, with between 0.28 - 0.73 million tonnes of this waste ending up in the oceans. Only 27% of plastic waste is recycled or repurposed by businesses and facilities.
On July 3, retailers across the country join forces to encourage customers to avoid using plastic bags in stores, shopping malls, and supermarkets as part of a nationwide effort to reduce plastic waste.
In order to address the growing issue of pollution, Ho Chi Minh City has been launching various joint dissemination campaigns and activities with businesses to encourage its dwellers to reduce the use of single-use or non-degradable plastic bags, and collect and recycle plastic waste.
Co To island district in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh has asked local accommodation facilities and travel firms to apply environmental protection measures in tourism business activities to build an island free of plastic bags and other single-use items.
Youth are the real warriors in the battle against plastic waste, heard a forum jointly held by the youth union of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), the Vietnam Administration of Sea and Islands, and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Hanoi on February 28.
Ten localities in Vietnam are taking actions to fight plastic pollution under Plastic Smart Cities (PSC), an initiative put forward by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
With a message of "Less plastic bags, more sprouts", on July 3 morning, leading retailers such as TH true mart, Central Retail, MM Mega Market Vietnam, AEON Vietnam and Lotte Mart Vietnam encouraged customers to change their consumption habits by not using in store plastic bags.
Tourists visiting Co To island of northeastern Quang Ninh province have been urged not to bring plastic bags as it aims to build a sustainable, green tourism environment.
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan signed a dispatch on the organisation of activities to respond to the global campaign to make the world cleaner in 2022.
Ho Chi Minh City is striving to stop the production and import of single-use plastic products, non-biodegradable plastic bags and microplastic items to lower plastic waste pollution and treatment costs.
An alliance of retailers who have pledged to reduce single-use plastic bags (the Plastic Alliance) has launched campaigns to encourage people to use environmentally-friendly products.
Vietnam will ban the use of all plastic bags, even in wet markets, from 2030, according to an official of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
Taking place on the occasion of World Environment Day June 5, 2022, the program ‘Collect boxes, spread green living’ by TH true MILK continues to attract many customers to participate.
A seminar was held in Hanoi on March 2 to find solutions to replace plastic bags and single-use plastic products in Vietnam and help connect manufacturers and retailers in the supply of these products.
Singapore's National Environment Agency (NEA) has suggested supermarkets start charging consumers for plastic bags in order to discourage the excessive consumption of disposable bags, thus reducing CO2 emissions.
