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Promoting a waste-free circular economy at Nestlé
14-06-2022 08:00
Packaging helps protect food and beverages, ensure product quality and safety, and prevent food waste. However, these essential requirements should not come at the expense of the planet. Khuat Quang Hung, head of Corporate Affairs at Nestlé Vietnam, told VIR’s Tra My how the company is committed to reducing waste from packaging, and taking concrete actions that help build a waste-free future.
Vietnam approves circular economy development scheme
10-06-2022 09:51
Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai signed Decision No.687/QD-TTg on June 7 approving the circular economy development scheme and setting a number of ambitious targets for the period ahead.
Plastic waste reduction via a circular economy
07-06-2022 15:52
Vietnam has made significant efforts to improve the threat of the plastic waste virus, as confirmed by speakers at the talk show on Reducing Plastic Waste via the Circular Economy organised by VIR.
Promoting circular economy from white pollution reduction
05-06-2022 12:54
With as much as 400 million tonnes of additional plastic waste produced worldwide every year, Vietnam has committed to help solve this issue, and VIR will discuss the important topic in its upcoming series of talk shows, starting from June 6, 2022.
Netherlands and UNDP quicken Vietnam’s circular economy transition
02-06-2022 18:48
The Netherlands and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) cooperate to accelerate the circular economy transition in Vietnam.
How to lead the global plastics issue
12-05-2022 17:13
As global momentum builds on ending plastic pollution and marine debris, Vietnam is strengthening its ability to build back better from COVID-19 and transition to a circular economy. Caitlin Wiesen, resident representative in Vietnam of the United Nations Development Programme, and Grete Løchen, Norwegian Ambassador to Vietnam, write about the changes ahead.
Masan High-Tech Materials: making growth through sustainability
09-05-2022 09:16
Masan High-Tech Materials has asserted its position in the industrial mineral and metal processing lines as a trailblazer in sustainable development through its tireless efforts in adopting the three R’s of reduce, reuse, and recycle on both a national and global scale. Masan High-Tech Materials CEO Craig Richard Bradshaw and deputy CEO Hady Seyeda shared with VIR’s Le Luu on how the corporation is moving forward on its sustainability journey with its innovative solutions in line with the circular economy.
The tactics to drive a gender- inclusive circular economy
23-03-2022 15:12
Vietnam is striving to build for the future and accelerate a green and inclusive economic rebound. Caitlin Wiesen, resident representative in Vietnam for the United Nations Development Programme, shows how it can be done with a pointed strategy that also take into account gender equality issues.
WB: Digital and circular economy can earn Thailand 3.4 billion USD annually
26-02-2022 17:20
The World Bank has said digital and disruptive technologies, along with the development of a circular economy, can earn Thailand up to 3.4 billion USD each year in additional investments, savings and revenue.
Tetra Pak invests in Dong Tien factory to promote recycling of used cartons
21-02-2022 17:20
Tetra Pak, the Swedish food processing and packaging solutions company, and Dong Tien Packaging and Paper Co., Ltd. have announced a co-investment of €3.5 million ($3.97 million) to upgrade and expand the recycling capacity of used beverage cartons in Vietnam.
#HackThePackaging challenge opens registration for creative minds from Vietnam
16-02-2022 18:12
Calling all puzzle solvers from Vietnam and other East and Southeast Asian nations who are willing to take the waste out of packaging and packaging out of waste, the Wala Usik Challenge 2022: #HackThePackaging – a virtual hackathon organised by the Philippine Reef and Rainforest Conservation Foundation Inc. (PRRCFI) – aims to help solve current issues towards a circular economy.
SCG and Long Son Petrochemicals promote waste segregation awareness
07-01-2022 11:58
The ASEAN conglomerates SCG and Long Son Petrochemicals Co., Ltd (LSP), a subsidiary of SCG Chemicals, continue to reinforce their commitment to sustainable development in Vietnam by implementing the Waste Rescue project to raise the young generation's awareness about waste segregation.
Sanofi Vietnam signs MoU with BSB Nanotech to create circular economy for rice husks
13-12-2021 08:04
Sanofi Vietnam signed an MoU with BSB Nanotech to develop a new model of circular economy based on leading technology solutions through the “Rice is the new green” sustainability project.
EU businesses - Leading circularity action
13-12-2021 08:00
Sustainable development is a core principle of the European Union and a priority objective for the EU’s internal and external policies. Alexander Koch, chairman of the Dutch Business Association Vietnam (DBAV), writes about the circular economy among EU businesses and the EU-Vietnam cooperation in the field.
SCG promotes circular economy to cinch sustainable operations
13-12-2021 08:00
SCG, one of the leading conglomerates in the ASEAN region, is relentlessly pursuing the circular economy to achieve sustainability across its operations.
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