News & Research

On 17 March 2026 at the Green One UN House, GPAP and NPAP launched the Plastic Pollution - Biodiversity Assessment, with support from GreenU.

After the PAN project closed in 2021, GreenU kept coaching two Women's Union start-ups built on plastic waste, among them GreenLife Ha Long.

Over four days, 27-30 October 2025, women entrepreneurs from Lao Cai studied farm and community tourism models in Moc Chau, Son La, under GREAT 2.

A July 2025 resource from the Sustainable Packaging Coalition examines where compostable packaging and EPR policy intersect across US states.

Mandatory recycling rates and specifications still fall short of practice. This piece proposes a full reform of EPR law and institutions in Viet Nam.

The Ministry of Finance proposes folding packaging waste duties into tax. With over 400 EPR schemes worldwide, there is no precedent for such a move.

From Directive 2005/32/EC to the ESPR 2024, the EU is setting a global benchmark for sustainable products, with direct effects on Vietnamese exports.

The world made 353 million tonnes of plastic waste in 2019, forecast to reach 617 million by 2040. A WWF-Viet Nam study finds ecodesign gives an edge.

EPR shifts end-of-life costs from local government to producers. This piece looks at extending it to more product groups and life-cycle challenges.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is finalising the EPR decree: business wants transparency, recyclers technology, localities clear guidance.

EPR has applied since 2022, requiring producers and importers to recycle at set rates. Two years on, gaps in the management apparatus need fixing.

Last weekend, volunteers came to Lang Xanh Farm to plant, tend and connect with nature and with each other on the way to a permaculture model.