In 2019, the Government of Viet Nam began a collaboration with the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP), a multistakeholder platform hosted by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Together, on 23 December 2020, they launched the Viet Nam National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) to take urgent and unprecedented action on plastic leakage. NPAP Viet Nam was created with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung, WEF President Borge Brende, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) Minister Tran Hong Ha and other key national leaders. The NPAP complements and supports many initiatives already underway in Viet Nam to reduce plastic leakage, led by national and local governments, businesses, academia and nongovernmental organizations.

The aim of NPAP Viet Nam is to coordinate and catalyse action by policymakers, industry executives, investors and civil society leaders. The partnership also supports the government’s targets to reduce plastic litter in oceans by 50% by 2025 and by 75% by 2030, as outlined in the National Program for Strengthening Plastic Waste Management and the National Action Plan for Management of Marine Plastic Litter by 2030, as well as contributing to the nation’s progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.