Cruise ship suspended in Ha Long Bay for allowing use of single-use plastic bottles
Vietnam News 12:59 23/05/2025The Ha Long Bay Management Board in Quang Ninh Province, northern Vietnam announced on Thursday that the Thinh An cruise ship has been temporarily suspended from operating in the bay’s ports and waters for permitting the use of single-use plastic bottles.
Ho Chi Minh City battles plastic waste in a growing global crisis
Expat Life 11:26 16/04/2025"As we cross local bridges around the city, that awful sight of unimaginable amounts of plastic waste float in our streams and rivers."
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
Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong’s latest installation urges world to end single-use plastics
World 17:47 08/11/2021Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong’s latest piece – a three-story model of a water spout discharging plastic – is the artist’s reminder to the world that it’s time to ‘turn off the plastic tap’
Vietnam aiming for nationwide eradication of single-use plastics by 2025: PM
Vietnam News 15:27 10/06/2019Regulations and policies on scaling down the production and use of single-use plastics are being drafted
‘Bring your own cup’ trend catches on among eco-conscious bubble tea fans in Vietnam
Travel 11:51 23/02/2019Drinking bubble tea doesn’t necessarily have to come at the expense of the environment
Central Vietnam’s plastic-free islands
Travel 09:20 09/11/2018Residents of the Cham Islands have spent the past decade living without plastic
