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The event aims to showcase program achievements, bring together businesses along the value chain to foster resource sharing and partnership development, showcase company products while also sharing business strategic plans and practical circular models with other companies to accelerate the transition to a circular economy.

Ha Noi, 25 November 2022 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Norwegian Embassy in Ha Noi organized the closing workshop of the project entitled “Scaling Up a Socialised Model of Waste…

On the morning of August 4, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment held the plenary session of the 5th National Environment Conference with the theme “Harmonizing economic development and environmental protection towards a circular economy, developing a circular economy and sustainable development”. Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh attended and directed at the Conference.

On the morning of August 23, 2022, the Training of Trainers: Circular economy towards Sustainable Development on Impact Entrepreneurship was officially launched. The activity is organized within the framework of the National Entrepreneurship Program 2022 and Youth Co: Lab Program by UNDP Viet Nam, with the sponsorship of Citi Foundation, Business Forum Magazine. Participating in the training was the presence of 60 lecturers and advisors from universities nationwide. 

Developing economies will struggle to grow sustainably without significant investment in recycling, reusing and repairing used raw materials and products. This paper looks at opportunities to coordinate regional trade policies and investment programmes to rapidly scale up the circular economy in the developing world.

On June 7, 2022, the Prime Minister signed the Decision approving the project of developing circular economy in Viet Nam. The objective of the Circular Economy Development Project is to create a driving force…

On June 28th, 2022, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment organized the “Inception Conference to Develop National Action Plan for Implementing Circular Economy in Viet Nam”. The conference acted as a platform for active participation among government leaders, representatives of development partners, Ambassadors, representatives of enterprises, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), universities, research institutes and leading experts on circular economy (CE).

According to HCMC Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the City disposes of 9,500 tons of domestic solid waste every day, in which plastic waste accounts for a high proportion (ranked after organic waste only), about more than 1,500 tons. The amount of waste increases on average from 6 – 10% per year. The rapid increase of municipal solid waste, which has diverse and complex properties and composition, has put pressure on the waste management system.

The pilot project ‘Enhancing plastic packaging collection, sorting and recycling’, implemented by the Institut de la Recherche pour le Development (IRD) and the Hanoi Architectural University (HAU), is funded by the ‘Rethinking Plastics – Circular Economy Solutions to Marine Litter’ project of the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). ‘Rethinking Plastics’ is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and Expertise France.

To fulfill all the activities of the pilot project, IRD contracted with ENDA to elaborate and conduct social surveys along the post consumers plastic packaging value chain (including consumers, domestic and recyclable aggregators, transporters, recyclers) in order to identify and report the constraints, levers and possible recommendations for the integration of not-yet-collected plastic packaging at the aggregator recyclers levels.

The pilot project ‘Enhancing plastic packaging collection, sorting and recycling’, implemented by the Institut de la Recherche pour le Development (IRD) and the Hanoi Architectural University (HAU), is funded by the ‘Rethinking Plastics – Circular Economy Solutions to Marine Litter’ project of the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). ‘Rethinking Plastics’ is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and Expertise France.

Originally, the Activity 2 of the pilot project aimed to assess and reinforce the efficiency of systematic waste sorting-at-source by conducting a baseline during a three weeks survey, a sorting at source awareness campaign and a final survey to evaluate the effectiveness of the campaign. Because of the covid-19 pandemic in Vietnam, this activity was reduced and instead of conducting two surveys, baseline and evaluation, the project team was able to conduct only one survey that can be considered as a baseline, representative of the post lockdown-period due to covid-19 pandemic. Also, the original plan was to conduct the surveys at three districts, charactering the rural, urban and sub-urban context. In regards to the pandemic situation and the advice of the local authorities, we focused only on a rural district. The project team therefore focused on a deeper understanding of the current organization of a commune of a rural district and formulated recommendations for the packaging sector in relation to the implementation of EPR in Vietnam.

Evergreen Labs‘ pilots will take place across Vietnam with a focus on Da Nang and Hoi An where community inclusion can readily occur. Their F&B partners will include local restaurant chains and the hospitality sector.

Within the implementation framework, the Initiative has established the “Retail Alliance to reduce plastic bag consumption” (hereinafter referred to as the Alliance) with the participation of supermarket chains and retailers to increase the use of plastic bags, thus contributing to reducing plastic waste, single-use plastic bags. Currently, there are 16 supermarket chains and retailers registered to join and support the Alliance.

Viet Nam is striving to build for the future and accelerate a green and inclusive economic rebound. Caitlin Wiesen, Resident Representative in Viet Nam for the United Nations Development Programme, shows how it can be done with a pointed strategy that also take into account gender equality issues.