Keyword: "green lifestyle"

Each Vietnamese person uses more than one plastic bag per day, resulting in approximately 31.4 billion plastic bags being discarded into the environment annually. Only 17% of these are reused or recycled, and single-use plastics make their way to landfills or are released into the environment.

Mottainai - a charity programme launched by Phu nu Viet Nam (Vietnam’s Women) newspaper to support orphans and disadvantaged children - has received donations of 350 million VND (14,700 USD) and 2,000 items of used clothes within just ten days, the newspaper said on August 22.

Green tourism has become increasingly popular over recent times given that protecting the environment has become an urgent issue within society.

Instead of throwing out his garbage like most people do, a young man in Hanoi has turned them into beautiful silhouette sculptures.

Biogas digesters have provided a valuable source of environmentally friendly energy for cooking and other uses of those living in rural areas in Vietnam.

The Central Institute for Economic Management held a seminar in Hanoi on October 31, focusing on making centrally run provinces and cities aware of green growth as part of their socio-economic plans.