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Central beach clean-up campaign launched

National footballer Phan Van Duc will join local communities and young people in a beach clean-up campaign in Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Quang Nam and Thua Thien Hue provinces from July to September.

Finding the right approach to lower marine plastic pollution

Implementing subprojects of the Rethinking Plastics Project to collect marine litter in Phu Yen and manage ship waste at Cat Lai Port will promote the conservation of the Vietnamese marine environment.

Vietnam takes action to clean out ocean environs

By 2030, Vietnam’s fishing and tourism industry will suffer if nothing is done to fight plastic pollution, figures warn.

More than 100 people join hands to clean Ninh Thuan's polluted beach

More than 100 people have helped collect rubbish on a beach in the southern central province of Ninh Thuan. 

Vietnam to start plastic waste reduction action plan

Vietnamese authorities have started many plans and programmes in order to reduce ocean plastic waste.

 

Vietnam sets goals to reduce plastic waste

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE) has decided that Vietnam has to control ocean plastic waste at source, on the mainland and on the sea.

Plastics recycling needs policy overhaul

VietNamNet Bridge - The recycling industry has developed well, but is still meeting barriers to further growth.