World Environment Day 2025, initiated by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), is themed “Beat Plastic Pollution”, calling on the global community to take bold action in tackling plastic waste - one of the most urgent environmental challenges today. In recent years, Vietnam has issued and implemented numerous key policies, programs, and strategies aimed at improving plastic waste management and minimizing plastic pollution.
The fight against plastic pollution could not succeed through isolated efforts, but it must be a collective endeavour involving the entire political system, businesses, citizens, and the international community, said Minister of Agriculture and Environment Do Duc Duy.
In 2019, Quang Ninh became one of the first localities in Vietnam to launch a province-wide campaign against plastic waste, mobilising the participation of the political system, the business sector, and the general public. Other localities—such as Hai Phong, Da Nang, Binh Duong, and Ho Chi Minh City—have also effectively implemented waste-sorting initiatives at source, along with models for plastic-free markets and urban areas.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), in collaboration with the People’s Committee of the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, held a ceremony on June 10 to launch the Vietnam Sea and Islands Week and the Action Month for the Environment.
Cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and Blockchain are reshaping the fight against climate change, offering a pathway toward early climate analysis, enhanced carbon transparency, and mitigation of negative impacts, said experts.
An exhibition on efforts to settle post-war toxic chemical consequences opened in the northern province of Quang Ninh on June 4, an activity in response to World Environment Day (June 5).
Joining hands for clean air and a green Hanoi is the theme of a programme launched in the capital city on June 3 in response to the World Environment Day (June 5).
The “Exchange books for trees” programme, organised by a charity group called “Fly to Sky”, has been spreading around localities, and received a positive response from the community, especially students.
Vietnam and many countries around the world are facing many challenges as “white pollution” is closely related to economic development and social stability. And if no serious action is taken, by 2050 there could be more plastic than fish in the sea.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has selected the northern province of Ninh Binh, home to the UNESCO-recognised Trang An Landscape Complex, to organise a training course on environmental protection in the field of culture, sports and tourism.
Malaysia will soon enact climate change-related legislation, given that the country has committed to becoming a carbon neutral nation by 2050, according to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
A conference seeking solutions to enhance efficiency of efforts to recover the ecological system and protect the biodiversity in Vietnam was held in both in-person and online format in Hanoi on June 3, as part of activities in response to the World Environment Day (June 5).
Under the theme “Ecosystem Restoration”, the World Environment Day 2021 is viewed as the start of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021 - 2030).
“Use products made of recycled materials” and “Act for nature – Our responsibility” are among slogans introduced by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) in response to the World Environment Day (June 5) and Action Month for the Environment 2021 from May 25 to June 25.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has requested activities held as part of the Action Month for the Environment in response to World Environment Day on June 5 be organised in accordance with COVID-19 prevention and control regulations.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on May 28 launched the Regional Action Plan for Combating Marine Debris in the ASEAN Member States for the 2021-2025 period, which provides a solution-focused joint strategy to address marine plastic debris across the region.
The Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV) has appealed for an end to commercial farming of endangered wildlife, in an attempt to conserve biodiversity on the occasion of the World Environment Day 2020 (June 5).
On the occasion of World Environment Day, government agencies of Thailand have organised activities to encourage people to place importance on solving haze and pollution problems, while 80 percent of the use of plastic cap seals has been instigated.
