SDG 12 Responsible consumption and production

Forming public-private partnerships is said to be a major solution for the development of the low-carbon circular economy in Vietnam.The circular economy is currently a global trend in sustainability. Swedish experts say that the transformation from a conventional to a circular economy enables nations to ...

Vietnam Energy Outlook Report 2019 (EOR), one of the outstanding results of the cooperation between Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade and Denmark’s Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate, was launched in Hanoi on November 4.The EOR presented three scenarios to achieve the goal of ...

The plenary session of the 35th ASEAN Summit officially opened in Thailand in the evening of November 2.The session is focusing on security issues, sustainable development, the environment and ocean waste.  The 35th ASEAN Summit and related meetings are expected to discuss measures to intensify the building of ...

Experts gathered at a seminar held by the Vietnam Association for Community Health Education (VACHE) in Hanoi on October 22 to discuss measures to promote public awareness on plastic waste. Nguyen An Thai from the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute said that there have been significant improvements ...

Sustainable supplies of goods and production were key areas for Vietnamese businesses to focus on in order to join the global supply chain, Director General of the Foreign Trade Association (Amfori) Christian Ewert said at a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on October ...

Experts and researchers gathered at a national conference held in the central city of Da Nang on October 20 to discuss measures to reduce ocean debris from aquaculture activities. The conference delivered a detailed report on environmental pollution in 11 protected marine areas, providing important statistics ...

The Mekong Delta is subsiding at an alarming rate, and if the situation continues without effective solutions, the livelihoods of tens of millions of people will be threatened, especially those in coastal areas, heard a recent workshop. At a workshop in Ca Mau province on October ...

A project funded by the Norwegian Government made debut at a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on October 4, aiming to help Vietnam turn plastic wastes from the oceans into chances in a circular economy. Vietnam is one of the five Asian countries to benefit ...

MARD & VCCI hold “Vietnamese Businesses: Links to Participate in Global Agricultural Value Chains” forum in Hanoi.In order to improve added value in Vietnam’s agricultural value chain, MARD has presented a number of solutions: (i) Promote the spread of information regarding links associated with production, ...

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta has restructured agriculture towards climate-change adaptation and market demand by establishing specialised farming areas for its key agricultural products, and by growing other crops on ineffective rice fields or rotating rice with other crops on the same field. To develop the ...