Collecting plastic waste in Hai Cang district, Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh province (Photo: Nguyen Linh/ VNA)

It helps consistently implement the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation and development, diversification and multilateralisation of foreign relations, and safeguarding Vietnam’s rights, legal and legitimate interests.

Deputy General Director of the Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands Nguyen Que Lam expected that the plan will ensure sustainable development of Viet Nam’s sea-based economy, while building and successfully implementing effective models for the circular economy and plastics management. It also demonstrates the country’s viewpoint of optimising international support and assistance for the preparation for and engagement in building a global treaty on ocean plastic pollution, and of seriously and responsibly performing relevant international obligations