Australia launches hub to help cut plastic waste in region


AUSTRALIA’S national science agency has announced to open a hub in Vietnam to help reduce plastic waste in the region.

The Plastics Innovation Hub Vietnam will be run out of the Australian Embassy in Hanoi by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in partnership with Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology.

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