Vietnam

The GE-TOP Vietnam project analyses the export potential for sustainably certified aquaculture products, and related challenges. Based on the potential for using trade in sustainably-certified products as impetus for a national green economy transition, the first stage of the project produced a study, Sustainability Standards in the Vietnamese Aquaculture Sector, in partnership with the Ministry of Industry and Trade which aims to identify opportunities and challenges for sustainability certification and enhanced market access for aquaculture products from Viet Nam. In the second stage of the project, UN Environment Programme partnered with the IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative to develop an Action Plan to Promote Responsible Aquaculture Standards in Vietnam in order to use sustainably-certified aquaculture and its trade as an engine for the national green growth and sustainable consumption and production agenda. Both studies counted on the support and inputs, during workshops and consultative events, of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and other key national stakeholders.