The government last week ordered localities to soon implement policies and action plans on sustainable production and consumption, effective use of energy, green growth, waste classification at sources, and reuse and recycling of waste.

Localities are also requested to support enterprises in green transition, and application of high technology and sustainable and circular production models.

“New advantages are to be created for developing ecological industrial parks and clusters, boosting circular production chains, promoting the effective use of natural resources and energy, and developing recycled materials,” the government said in a document.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is assigned to review, build, and improve legal documents on environmental protection and climate change response.

Vietnam, a rapidly developing country in Southeast Asia, plays an increasingly pivotal role in the global green growth discourse. The government acknowledges the necessity of balancing economic development with environmental sustainability and makes green growth a high-priority agenda.

The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam has identified green transformation and digital transformation as the two most crucial transitions for Vietnam to become a high-income, strong, prosperous, and happy developed nation by 2045.

Under the National Assembly’s supplemental resolution released in February on Vietnam’s 2025 socioeconomic development with a prime goal to reach an economic growth target of 8 per cent or more, the legislature demanded that for the country to achieve sustainable development coupled with green growth and to attract more resources, it is necessary to urgently build a legal corridor and incentive mechanisms for new issues, high-tech projects, large-scaled projects, new trends, digital transformation, green growth, and circular economy.

Source: VIR