Nguyen Khac Giang is visiting fellow at the Vietnam Studies Programme of the ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute. He was previously research fellow at the Vietnam Centre for Economic and Strategic Studies.
Vietnam’s Communist Party has made dealing with plastic waste a ‘prioritised mission’, but policies that could yet prove unenforceable and a lack of incentives are hampering progress.
To capitalise on gains in chip exports, Vietnam must adjust its policies to elevate itself in the supply chain and reduce reliance on foreign investment.