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Vietnam actively participates in negotiations on global treaty on plastics pollution

Vietnam has actively participated in discussions and contributed ideas in the negotiation process of a global treaty on plastics pollution, an official has said.
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Hoa Binh (VNA) - Vietnam has actively participated in discussions andcontributed ideas in the negotiation process of a global treaty on plasticspollution, an official has said.

Director of the International Cooperation Department underthe Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Le Ngoc Tuan made thestatement while addressing a workshop on the outcomes of the second session ofthe intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC-2) and Vietnam’s preparationsfor the next INCs, which was held in the northern province of Hoa Binh on August 11.

Tuan said that the ministry established a working delegationto participate in the INC-2 held in France from May 27 to June 4.

For the next sessions, Vietnam will build a submission to besent to the INC and consider the possibility of participating in severalinternational cooperation mechanisms such as the High Ambition Coalition to EndPlastic Pollution.

Vietnam also plans to take advantage of cooperation opportunities to strengthencapacity, and support resources for the implementation of the treaty after itis approved and signed, he added.

The INC began its work during the second half of 2022, withthe ambition to complete the negotiations by the end of 2024. The first sessionof the INC took place in Punta del Este, Uruguay, from November 28 to December2, 2022. The INC-3 is scheduled to take place in November in Nairobi, Kenya./.
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