Consumers in Vietnam are reluctant to use eco-friendly products made from natural materials as they are more expensive than plastic products, according to economic experts.
Miss Linh, an e-commerce platform of Viet Nam Food Europe BV operating in the Dutch market, has presented Vietnamese eco-friendly products at Horecava 2023 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Demand for packaging paper was expected to grow 14-18 percent over the next five to ten years, according to the Vietnam Pulp and Paper Association (VPPA).
Long before the "say no to plastic waste" movement took hold, Le Xuan Ha – a young man from the central province of Thanh Hoa - successfully started a business making bamboo and wooden straws.
The south-central coastal province of Binh Thuan welcomed close to 3 million visitors in the first six months of this year, a year-on-year rise of about 12 percent, reported the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The festival “Clean Air – Green Hanoi” opened in the capital city on June 1, as part of the campaign “Finding Clean Air” initiated and carried out by the Live & Learn Centre from May – December 2019.
Tran Minh Tien, owner of a shop in the southern province of Long An, said he sells some 10 kinds of goods made from natural and environment-friendly materials such as grasses, bamboo and coconut fibre, replacing products made from plastic.
The Eco-Products International Fair 2017 (EPIF) opened at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in HCM City on May 11 with the theme “Green Technologies and Products: Actions for the Future”.
The Sustainable Seafood Week with the message "Eat in Style–Know the Origin" opened in Ho Chi Minh City on August 14 in support of responsible production and products.
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