Vietnam has more than 13,500 medical facilities, each year treating more than 150 million people and more than 300 million outpatient examinations, generating a large amount of waste, of which 5% is plastic waste, equivalent to about 22 tons/day. If not managed properly, this amount of waste will be at risk of leaking into the […]

On December 8, 2023, Mr. Bikash Pandey, Acting Director of Pollution Reduction Project, Director of Clean Energy Program, Winrock International, and the team of Winrock’s Collective Impact Program visited and worked at the Center for Health Environment Research and Development (CHERAD) office during a series of visits to core organizations of the Pollution Reduction Project […]

October 25th, 2023, the Center for Heallth Environment Research and Development (CHERAD) had the opportunity to introduce the “Developing a Circular Economy Model in Medical Plastic Waste Management” Initiative ​under the Reducing Pollution Project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with a high-level delegation of the Consulate General of the United […]

Hamburg/Bonn, 29 September 2023: the Vietnamese Regulation on Safety of Toys (QCVN 3:2019/BKHCN) was honoured with the Future Policy Award 2023 in the category “Toys” during a high-level award ceremony in context of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) in Bonn, Germany. Also known as the Oscar on best policies, the award recognises laws […]

According to a survey by the Center for Health Environment Research and Development (CHERAD), the total amount of medical plastic waste generated at 08 hospitals is 61 tons per month, one third of which is infectious waste and only 16% of the total amount of plastic waste is classified for treatment. This highlights the importance […]

VHO – In Vietnam, about 2.8 million tons of plastic are released into the environment each year (approximately 7800 tons/day). Plastic waste accounts for 8-12% of total domestic waste. Out of 80% of single-use plastic, only 17% of plastic bags are reused, only about 10% of plastic waste is recycled. The information was given at […]

Within the framework of the Launching Ceremony of the Environmental Pollution Reduction Project, the Initiative “circular economy in medical plastic waste management” of the Center for Research and Development of Health Environment CHERAD was exhibited and introduced to all guests. At the Launching Ceremony of the Pollution Reduction Project held on the morning of November […]

It has been 30 days without a death due to Covid-19 According to statistics of the Ministry of Health, from the beginning of the epidemic to the end of January 30, Vietnam had 11,526,461 cases of Covid-19, ranking 13 out of 230 countries and territories; while, with the rate of infections/1 million people, Vietnam ranks […]

Our Party and State always consider health as the most precious capital of each person and the whole society. Protecting, educating and taking care of people’s health is a humanitarian activity, directly protecting human resources for the cause of national construction and defense, is one of the top priority policies of the Party and State. […]

Tens of thousands of tons of waste released into the environment every day is being considered as garbage, as a waste, but few know that garbage is money. According to a report by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Bank, it is estimated that Vietnam wastes nearly 3 billion USD per year because […]