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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.

Moving, effective, impressive: the closing of the one-on-one mentoring journey between mentors and highland women entrepreneurs under the WEL project.

Plastic Free July began in Australia and now draws over 100 million people across 190 countries. GreenU met founder Rebecca Prince-Ruiz.

On 11 April 2025, the WEL sub-project final in Son La City, run by the provincial Women's Union and GreenU under the Australian-funded GREAT project.

A discussion with DAV master's students on sustainable development: the IISD definition, responsible business models and a green community vision.

GreenU designed intensive training for 30 CFRC staff in Tuan Giao, Muong Lay and Muong Ang, the people who help local residents build livelihoods.

The WEL sub-project by GreenU and iChange, with the Son La and Lao Cai Women's Unions, builds leadership and business skills for ethnic minority women.