Community works together to reduce plastic waste for a greener future

Launched in February this year, the Plastics Innovation Programme 2025 attracted 116 proposals from many provinces and cities across the country. The initiative represents a shared commitment to ending plastic pollution and preventing plastic waste from entering rivers and oceans.

Turning U Minh Thượng’s banana waste into handicrafts

Since 2023, while earning a stable income from selling banana bunches and banana flowers, local farmers in the Mekong Delta's U Minh Thượng District have begun repurposing banana trunks — once discarded or used as livestock fodder — into fibre for handicraft weaving and textile yarns.

Việt Nam moves towards renewable energy hubs

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has recently proposed the development of two interregional renewable energy industry and service hubs - one in the northern region and another in the southern region.

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