QuangBinh (VNA) - A tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) onreducing marine plastic waste in the central province of Quang Binh was inkedon November 19 as part of a workshop held in the provincial capital Dong Hoi.

Theprovincial People’s Committee, the Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands(VASI), and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Vietnam were signatories.

Speakingat the workshop, WWF Vietnam Country Director Van Ngoc Thinh lauded thecommitment and involvement of the Vietnamese Government and Quang Binh’s DongHoi city in protecting the environment and ocean ecosystem.

ViceChairman of the Quang Binh People’s Committee Nguyen Tien Hoang said theprovince has launched several campaigns to tackle the issue, including onecalling on all residents to collect waste on Sundays.

Accordingto official data, some 466 tonnes of solid waste are disposed of in Quang Binhon a daily basis, of which 77.4 percent is collected and treated. The provincehas eight working landfills, two waste treatment plants, and one incinerator.

Theworkshop was held within the framework of a project on reducing marine plasticwaste in Vietnam being implemented by the Ministry of Natural Resources andEnvironment. Funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, NatureConservation and Nuclear Safety, it is being conducted in Dong Hoi city, HaTinh province, A Luoi district (Thua Thien-Hue province), Da Nang city, Phu Yenprovince, Long An province, Rach Gia city (Kien Giang province), and threemarine reserves - Cu Lao Cham, Con Dao, and Phu Quoc. The project is set tolaunch communications activities and support the building of guiding documentsand the implementation of related policies in line with the national actionplan on marine waste management by 2030./.