Cooperation with the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam in the Field of Marine Litter Management

　In order to tackle the marine litter issue, a global challenge, the Ministry of the Environment (MOE), Japan, has been working together with ASEAN member countries for reducing marine plastic debris and together with China and the Republic of Korea under the ASEAN+3 Marine Plastics Debris Cooperative Action Initiative. Additionally, based on the Osaka Blue Ocean Vision, which Japan shared with the participating countries of the G20 Osaka Summit in 2019, MOE Japan has been working for promoting international cooperation under the G20 Implementation Framework for Actions on Marine Plastic Litter with the aim of achieving the commitment presented at the G7 Hiroshima Summit in 2023 to ending plastic pollution, with the ambition to reduce additional plastic pollution to zero by 2040.
　As part of cooperation with Viet Nam in this field, MOE Japan started providing training for human resources development for researchers and government officials in FY2019, and MOE Japan and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (MONRE) signed the Letter of Intent on Cooperation in the Field of Monitoring of Marine Litter in FY2020. Upon the end of the term for this Letter of Intent, MOE Japan and the MONRE agreed to sign the Letter of Intent on Cooperation in the Field of Marine Litter Management to further advance mutual cooperation.