Vân Đồn targets to cut 50 per cent and 100 per cent plastic waste in the five communes by 2025 and 2030, respectively. VNA/VNS Photo

QUẢNG NINH Tourists are prohibited from bringing single-use plastic products to five island communes in the northern coastal province of Quảng Ninh’s Vân Đồn district starting April 27.

With the communes of Quan Lạn, Minh Châu, Ngọc Vừng, Thắng Lợi, Bản Sen, visitors and residents are assisted in using environmentally-friendly, recycled products as alternatives for plastic bags.

Launched coinciding with the beginning of the National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1) holidays, the programme aims to raise awareness about the risks of plastic waste pollution, and to call on the community to change behaviours and habits of using single-use plastic products and bags, thus reducing environmental pollution, protecting the ecosystem, and building a sustainable tourism industry.

Vân Đồn targets to cut 50 per cent and 100 per cent plastic waste in the five communes by 2025 and 2030, respectively.

On September 15 last year, Quảng Ninh’s Cô Tô island district also banned tourists from bringing single-use plastic products there. VNS