Từ khóa: #circular economy

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted an official welcome ceremony for his Luxembourg counterpart Xavier Bettel at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on May 4.

Ho Chi Minh City is introducing various policies related to the agricultural sector in order to boost the growth of circular economy.

The HCMC People’s Committee announced that the 4th Ho Chi Minh City Economic Forum 2023 is scheduled to take place on September 13-17.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen affirmed Vietnam including Ho Chi Minh City always appreciates the support of the Swiss Government through ODA projects.

Digital transformation, creating suitable designs and recycling clothes are now proving to be important target activities for the garment and textile industry towards a circular economy and sustainability.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology held a working session with delegates from Nordrhein-Westfalen State (Germany) about internationalizing startup activities and commercializing scientific research results from universities.

The Vietnamese Government is prioritizing climate change responses, green economy, sustainable development in its action programs. Therefore, businesses are advised to adapt to these concepts for their own growth.

Vietnam has been increasingly embracing the green transition and circular economy to make efficient use of its resources to boost economic growth, according to Nguyen Hoa Cuong, deputy head of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM).

More than 90 percent of domestic enterprises have had activities to convert to the circular economy model in various degrees, according to the result of a survey by the Vietnam Business Council for Sustainable Development (VBCSD) announced in early October this year, showing a positive signal in Vietnam's roadmap towards a circular economy.

In the context that natural resources are increasingly exhausted, the promotion of recycling and reuse of wastes, by-products, and defective products in the production and processing process is a measure to save costs and protect the environment effectively. Recycled wastes not only contribute to reducing input materials but also limiting output gas emissions.

To limit the depletion of natural resources, environmental pollution, and the amount of generated waste, many countries around the world have introduced several trade barriers in order to realize a circular economy. Of which, many countries are currently the main export markets of Vietnam. This has forced Vietnamese enterprises to change to adapt and maintain export market share.

A public-private partnership agreement on building the circular economy in plastic waste management in Vietnam has been signed for the first time by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), Dow Chemical Vietnam Limited Company, SCG Group, and Unilever Vietnam International Co. Ltd on February 19.

Thailand’s Commerce Ministry has pledged to strengthen circular economy promotion and campaigns to reduce waste and increase value-added production.