Vietnam ranked fourth out of 20 countries with the largest volume of plastic waste discharged into the sea.

VOV.VN - Vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City administration Bui Xuan Cuong on March 2 received Nicholas Kolesch, vice president of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) and Peter Loach, country director of the SNV Netherlands Development Organization in Vietnam, to examine cooperation in plastic waste treatment.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Tourism Association, the Institute of Strategy, Policy on Natural Resources and Environment, and the UN Development Program (UNDP) in Vietnam jointly kicked off the project "Reducing plastic waste in Vietnam's tourism industry” at a ceremony on February 16.

VOV.VN - A wide range of special activities were held at the Installation Art Festival in Hoi An on December 22 as part of efforts to reduce plastic waste with the aim of protecting the marine environment.

VOV.VN - While waste collection is an unsteady job with limited hygienic conditions, informal labourers – mostly women – play a crucial role in the plastic waste segregation at source and collection in Vietnam.

Cooperation with regional partners will enable Vietnam to gain experiences from other countries in monitoring and assesing marine debris, said Dr. Nguyen Le Tuan, Director of the Vietnam Institute of Seas and Islands (VISI) on October 10.

Vietnam has rolled out multiple programmes to tackle plastic waste in the context of the region emerging as a “hot spot” for plastic pollution.

A workshop was held in Ha Long city, northern Quang Ninh province, on August 26 with the aim of promoting public awareness of marine plastic waste and actions against single-use plastic products in Ha Long Bay, a world natural heritage site.

An exhibition aimed to raise people’s awareness of the importance of reducing the use of plastic products opened in Tuy Hoa city in the central province of Phu Yen on August 19.

Plastic People is the only Vietnamese innovator in the Top 5 of the Plastic Waste to Value Southeast Asia Challenge to tackle plastic waste mismanagement in the region.