
Vietnam to fine retailers providing single-use plastic bags to consumers from 2026
Vietnam News 17:36 21/04/2022Up to 104,000 single-use plastic bags are distributed by supermarkets every day, equivalent to 38 million bags a year

Why Vietnamese prefer using plastic bags
Vietnam News 21:17 03/08/2018‘It is hard to change a habit,’ people say, seemingly forgetting that it is way harder to save the earth

Vietnamese deputy minister proposes increasing environment tax on plastic bags
Vietnam News 15:30 05/06/2018This is one of the measures to reduce plastic waste in the country

How much plastic is being used in Vietnam?
Expat Life 19:19 25/05/2018‘Straws in every drink and double bagging’ is how one expat in Ho Chi Minh City described Vietnam’s plastic problem

Ho Chi Minh City undertakes initiative to curb use of plastic bags
Vietnam News 18:01 22/05/2018The municipal People’s Committee has tasked multiple agencies with different missions to realize the initiative

Vietnam considers fivefold gallop in plastic bag tax
Economy 11:18 28/09/2017The tax rate could mushroom from VND40,000 to VND200,000 per kg