Vietnam’s plastics industry pioneers connecting to green production

Right direction: A shop in Hanoi selling containers and bags. The country is rapidly moving away from using plastic, including shopping bags, with a report showing that big, small and medium firms are all weighing in on the trend. — AFP

HANOI: Plastics businesses are pioneering the way to connecting to green production and meeting the demands of consumers as well as global market trends.

A report from the Vietnam Plastics Association showed that the plastics industry has nearly 4,000 businesses nationwide, of which, 90% are small and medium enterprises, concentrated mainly in the southern region.