As the important transitional year towards the decade of 2020-2030, the year of 2019 carries the expectation that Vietnam will accelerate their efforts together with other countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in 2030 Agenda, based on the advantage of positive and impressive economic growth from the previous years and the benefits from free trade agreements that have been and should become valid soon afterwards. In the 2019 National Conference on Sustainable Development (2019 NSCD), the Breakout sessions will focus on the following key topics:
Multiplying the circular economy models in Vietnam, which target to a more effective and optimal uses of natural resources, materials, products and value they created, so that could reduce the cost of loss and waste for the economy;
Promoting the Public-Private Partnership to enhance productivity and effectual utilization of available resources, to maximize the value of investment, and to reduce risks and motivate innovation in designing, executing, operating and managing projects;
Building human capital in the new era and the role of the Human Capital Index, the sustain leadership and coordination across all levels of government, including tackling gaps and conflict in social infrastructure for efficacious speculation in human capital in long-term.
Shared knowledge and information from central and local authorities and representatives of international institutions; initiatives from businesses and open dialogues will open up solutions to current issues as well as useful policy recommendations for the Government.
NCSD 2019 Partners:
Strategic Partners
Platinum Partner
Golden Partner
Silver Partners
Bronze Partners
Dow recognized for its efforts to reduce plastic waste while improving roads
Midland, Mich. – June 17, 2019 – Dow (NYSE: DOW) today released its 2018 Sustainability Report, which shares its progress against its 2025 Sustainability Goals and demonstrates its commitment to collaborate with value chain partners and other stakeholders to find more sustainable ways to do business. In 2018, the Company generated substantial business value from its pioneering efforts to incorporate natural capital and ecosystem services into its decision-making. It also developed and invested in a series of new global initiatives to keep plastic waste out of the environment.
HANOI, Vietnam – April 17, 2019 – Dow and DEEP C signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build the first road using recycled plastics at the DEEP C Industrial Complex in Haiphong City in Vietnam. The project aims to divert post-use flexible packaging from becoming litter or entering a landfill, while also creating more durable, longer-lasting roads.
Today Dow successfully completed its separation from DowDuPont, becoming a more focused, streamlined, and leading materials science company. Dow launches with global scale and leading positions in three attractive consumer-driven segments: packaging, infrastructure and consumer care. Dow is now even better positioned to drive revenue growth and innovate for its customers, leveraging three advantaged building blocks – ethylene, propylene and silicones – to power one of the deepest chemistry sets in the industry.
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On January 18, 2019, the Final Showcase of the USAID BUILD-IT & Dow Vietnam STEM Program: Engineering Projects in Community Service was held at HCM City. More than 150 participating STEM students from six engineering and technology focused universities concluded the five-month program following the EPICS curriculum model, an internationally recognized model of service learning where students not only learn by doing but also learn by creating.
MIDLAND, Mich. – January 16, 2019 – Dow is playing a lead role in the formation of a new alliance of global companies to advance solutions that eliminate plastic waste in the environment, especially in the ocean.
Hanoi, Vietnam – December 5th 2018 –Dow Vietnam takes pride in winning AmCham Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Award recognizing Dow’s CSR best practice for four consecutive years. The prestigious award reaffirms Dow’s commitment to Vietnam’s sustainable economy and community aligning to the company’s 2025 Sustainability Goals.
30 November 2018 – The Zero Landfill In Circular Economy Conference organized by INSEE Vietnam has taken place in Ho Chi Minh City. The conference has successfully created a forum where more than 200 local & international business leaders, government officials, environmental consultants, economists and associations can connect, exchange and discuss about the mechanism of Zero Landfill and Circular Economy. The conference thereby reaffirmed the important role of these two concepts in the development of Vietnam’s green economy. And for the first time in Vietnam, corporates/business have achieved zero landfill were honored at the conference with the Green Business Awards.
Dow joins Circulate Capital and the Ocean Conservancy with investments to keep plastic waste out of the environment
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the Green Growth and the Global Goals (P4G) Summit in Copenhagen on October 20, which also drew leaders of 30 Vietnamese enterprises in green energy, trade, investment, and high technology. Addressing the event, PM Phuc expressed his belief that promising green growth projects and programmes will be promptly implemented, contributing to strongly promoting the realisation of sustainable development goals to 2030.
Time: Thursday, September 12, 2019
Venue: Melia Hanoi Hotel, 44B Ly Thuong Kiet, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi 