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Fifty years ago, world leaders met in Stockholm and for the first time brought the environment into centre stage for human well-being and development.  To commemorate Stockholm 1972 and chart a path forward for…

Municipalities in the Asia-Pacific region are facing increasing stress to control solid waste due to rapid urbanization, population growth and economic development. Moreover, the region is following a resource-intensive growth pattern. The material footprint…

A representative of the Institute of Strategy and Policy on natural resources and environment (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment) said that it is expected that from 2026, retailers that provide single-use plastic bags to customers will be fined.

On April 20, the Institute of Strategy, Policy on natural resources and environment (ISPONRE) held a workshop to summarize the pilot project “Initiative to establish a supermarket alliance to reduce the consumption of single-use plastic bags. in Viet Nam”.

mGreen Day Ha Long is a gift redeeming event, between waste and gifts through the use on the mobile app, a part of mGreen’s program to promote the operation of EPPIC Ha Long store….

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.

Welcome to the “Women Driving Circularity” series, part 5. In this part, we feature the inspiring story of Ms. Dang Thi Hang

1. Objectives of the Workshop Co-hosted by UNDP Viet Nam and the EU-BMZ’ Rethinking Plastics’ project, the workshop invites participants to deepen their understanding of the roles and contributions of informal waste workers in…

With the consent of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, on December 15, 2021 in Ha Noi, the Department of Climate Change held the Launching Ceremony of the Contest “Proposing models to respond to climate change and reduce disaster risks”. This is an activity to search for effective or promising ideas, initiatives, models, structural or non-structural solutions for climate change response and disaster risk reduction activities in the following fields: construction, agriculture, livelihoods, natural resource development, education, training, information communication…

Welcome to the “Women Driving Circularity” series, part 4. In this part, we feature the inspiring story of Ms. Trinh Thi Hai Yen

The forum is organized with the aim to promote and connect innovative solutions, suitable for socio-economic development and local businesses.

Welcome to the “Women Driving Circularity” series, part 3. In this part, we feature the inspiring story of Ms. Tran Thi Nhu Hoa.