A seminar has been held in Hanoi to raise awareness on the effective
use of resources and cleaner production to attain a sustainable
consumption and production-based society.
The event was also to mark the 15 th founding anniversary of the Vietnam Cleaner Production Centre.
Addressing
the event on April 18, Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quan
has highlighted the implementation of cleaner production nationwide,
partially meeting the country’s demand on sustainable development.
According
to Prof. Tran Van Nhan, the Centre’s Director, the fast growth of
economy, especially the rapid growth of industry sectors over the past
20 years, has affected environment quality.
To address
the issue, the Vietnam Cleaner Production Centre was formed to provide
technical assistance to domestic businesses and promote cleaner
production.
The centre had by 2009, directly provided technical
support to more than 250 enterprises. Thanks to the application of
cleaner production techniques, they saved materials, fuel and energy
while reducing discharge of waste liquid and solid and smoke.
The
United Nations Environment Programme introduced the concept of cleaner
production in 1989 and defined it as the continuous application of an
integrated preventive environmental strategy applied to processes
products and services to increase eco-efficiency and reduce risks to
humans and the environment.-VNA