An initiative to form a supermarket coalition is being developed with the support of the EU and the German Government, aiming to reduce the use of plastic shopping bags and protect the environment.
Hanoi is working on the formation and operation of a supermarket coalition to minimise plastic shopping bags, thus cutting plastic waste and protecting the environment.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has signed a decision approving the national action plan on sustainable production and consumption for 2021-2030.
An assessment by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) shows that currently, less than 40 percent of Vietnam’s firms can join the global supply chain.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) and the Packaging Recycling Organisation Vietnam (Pro Vietnam) inked a deal in Hanoi on September 11 on joint efforts to reduce plastic waste.
The attention businesses are paying to strategies and measures to protect the environment is a good augury for the sustainable development of the economy.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has praised domestic and multinational companies in the food and beverages industry for their initiative of setting up PRO Vietnam, an organisation for recycling packaging materials.
The 2019 Hanoi Plas Print Pack, a biennial international exhibition on the plastic, print and packaging industry, will be held in Hanoi from April 24 to 27 with 50 percent more exhibitors than last time.
Opportunities for investing in the northern port city of Hai Phong and orientations for forming a smart and modern port economy in the locality were discussed at a workshop on September 21.
Over 1.3 billion VND (55,859 USD) worth of fake batteries, packaging materials, labels bearing Toshiba and Maxell brands along with a battery production chain were destroyed in Lang Son on August 7.
Experts spoke highly of the potential of Vietnam’s dairy industry at a seminar in Hanoi on May 31 as part of the Vietnam International Milk and Dairy Products Exhibition 2017.
Tetra Pak, a leading global food processing and packaging solutions company, has announced plans to invest 110 million USD in setting up a manufacturing facility in Vietnam.
Environmental protection continues to be a leading important task of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the time ahead as pollution remains serious in the agricultural sector.
Despite a decrease in FDI attraction, Japanese investors want to inject
more investment or increase their involvement in Vietnam through
purchasing Vietnamese company shares.
Contrary to initial expectations, an overwhelming number of FDI projects
in the processing sector did not create any remarkable changes in
technology while increasing competitive pressure on domestic businesses.
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