Second university in Saigon says no to single-use plastic

HCMC Medicine and Pharmacy University says it will stop using single-use water bottles and plastic straw starting this August.

Vietnam Airlines, Bamboo Airways, VietJet Air and Jetstar Pacific are planning to phase out single-use plastics off their flights.

Vietnam should strive for zero disposable plastic use in urban stores, markets and supermarkets by 2021, the PM says.

June 09, 2019 | 09:48 pm GMT+7

A dozen of inspectors fan out across Mumbai's hectic Crawford Market, each scouring for violators of an ambitious plastic ban.

October 02, 2018 | 02:46 pm GMT+7