US, Vietnam launch new five-year project to reduce environmental pollution

USAID and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment launched the project 'Reducing Pollution' in a ceremony held on Tuesday in Hanoi. — US Embassy in Vietnam

HANOI (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): The United States and Vietnamese agencies on Tuesday (Nov 15) launched a five-year US$11.3 million project called “Reducing Pollution” to help lessen environmental pollution in Vietnam.

The project is conducted by the United States Mission to Vietnam, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and Việt Nam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), through Vietnamese-led collective action.