National Action Plan on Sustainable Consumption and Production (2021-2030).

General objectives of this National Action Plan on Sustainable Consumption and Production (2021-2030) are: To promote efficient and sustainable management, exploitation and utilization of natural resources, fuel, materials; incentivize development of eco-friendly resources, fuel, materials, products which are renewable, reusable and recyclable; promote sustainable consumption and production on the basis of innovation, creativity, practice and development of sustainable consumption and production models; and promote sustainable consumption and production of domestic products, create stable and green jobs, enhance sustainable lifestyle and improve quality of people’s life towards a circular economy in Vietnam.
Specific objectives by 2030 are set up in the Plan, which include: 1. Effectively improve and implement legal policies on sustainable consumption and production; 2. A 7 – 10% decrease in resources and materials used by major production sectors such as textile, steel, plastic, chemical, cement, alcohol and beer, beverage, paper, seafood processing and some other production sectors; 100% of industrial parks, clusters, trade villages organize communication to raise awareness on sustainable consumption and production; 3. Disseminate, replicate models of cleaner production, sustainable consumption and production; 4. 100% of provinces and cities directly under the Center organize communication, to raise awareness on sustainable lifestyles and consumption; 5. 100% of supermarkets, commercial centers use eco-friendly packaging which gradually replace single-use, non-degradable plastic items; etc.
In order to achieve the objectives, main tasks are proposed in the Plan: a) Improve legal policies on promoting sustainable consumption and production, including: develop and implement incentive policies for the green industry, environmental industry, waste recycling industry; formulate policies on promotion of investment, production, distribution, import, export of eco-friendly products, technologies; formulate policies on development of international trading and sustainable development in alignment with the roadmaps of international integration and commitment, performance of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements. b) Sustainably manage, exploit and use resources, develop renewable, recyclable materials, and fuel, including: Develop, apply and disseminate models of collection, reuse and recycling of waste, integrated management models of sustainable exploitation, processing and manufacturing, production and utilization of resources, materials, fuel and renewable energy for industrial sectors, etc. c) Sustainable design, ecological design, reuse-, recycle-oriented design. d) Promote cleaner production, production of eco-friendly products, apply sustainable linkage models following product life cycles. e) Develop system of sustainable distribution, sustainable import/export, including: Develop criteria, guidelines on certification of sustainable distributors, enterprises; certification and labeling of green commercial building; as well as provide information to identify green and sustainable distribution channels and systems; etc. f) Promote labeling and certification of ecolabels, including: establish, operate the system of ecological certification and labeling including green label, energy label, carbon label, recycling label, and other kinds of ecolabels, etc. g) Promote development of sustainable markets and provide information for consumers. h) Promote sustainable procurement. i) Build capacity, enhance education and implement sustainable lifestyles. j) Promote application of circular economy for waste. k) Develop science and technology to promote sustainable consumption and production. l) Promote access to and support of green finance. m) Promote international cooperation on sustainable consumption and production.