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Various environmental incidents in 2019 have forced Vietnam’s people and Government to face a reckoning.

Thailand will ban the import, production and sale of beauty products containing plastic microbeads, effective from Januar 1, 2020, the Ministry of Public Health announced on December 24.

A workshop was held in Hanoi on December 10 with a focus on national guidance for identifying plastic pollution hotspots and working out solutions.

Vietnam has been listed as one of the top five plastic polluters in the world, so eco-friendly technical solutions and the use of bio-degradable plastic products need urgent promotion, participants at a workshop heard on November 29 in Hanoi.

The UK has agreed to take back 42 containers of plastic waste illegally shipped to Malaysia, officials said on November 25.

The southern city of Lamitan in the Philippines has turned discarded plastic bottles into tulips in a garden of thousands of colourful flowers, capturing tourists’ attention and building awareness about recycling.

Single-use plastic products will be replaced by alternatives made of environmentally-friendly materials by business facilities in Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh, starting from Sept

Cambodian officials affirmed that strict measures have been taken to curb the illegal import of plastic waste after detecting 83 containers filled with the waste at a sea port last month.

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.

A seminar in Hanoi on June 10 highlighted the fact that existing policies and laws on plastic waste management have yet to match this type of waste’s impacts on the environment and human health.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called on leaders of Asian countries to join hands in resolving the global challenges of reducing plastic waste in the oceans and promoting free trade.

A workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City on May 23 highlighted the need for countries around the world to participate in regional and global plastic recycling networks.

An ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) workshop on the management of marine plastic pollution opened in Nha Trang, in the central province of Khanh Hoa, on May 13.

Regional cooperation to preserve the marine environment and ensure sustainable fisheries management and food security in the ASEAN region will be the focus of discussion at an international workshop to be held in Nha Trang in the central province of Khanh Hoa from May 13-15.

More than 600 nationwide supermarkets and convenience stores of the Saigon Union of Trading Cooperatives (Saigon Co.op) have taken the leap to remove all plastic straws from their shelves this month.

Non-biodegradable plastic straws have been widely used over the last century, causing the depletion of marine life in many countries, including Vietnam.

Educational institutions in several provinces and Ho Chi Minh City are encouraging their students and staff not to use single-use plastic water bottles and straws as part of the UN’s global Beat Plastic Pollution campaign.

A seminar took place in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh on March 21 to discuss solutions to plastic waste – a major threat to the environment around the globe.

There are two key components needed to rid the oceans of plastic, a senior professor has warned.

The fourth ocean dialogue took place in Hanoi on Jan. 16, focusing on international cooperation in dealing with plastic waste in the East Sea.