
Asbestos imports and roof sheet production drop 66% in Vietnam
There has been a very significant decrease in the asbestos roof sheet market in Vietnam in the past 10 years.
There has been a very significant decrease in the asbestos roof sheet market in Vietnam in the past 10 years.
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA Vietnam worked with Hai Duong Women’s Union to organise a launch for the project to promoting gender equality in the fields of politics.
In areas surrounding asbestos factories, broken asbestos roof sheets are being dumped in open paddock where farming communities plant rice and grow home gardens.
A project to increase women’s participation in political life has been renewed in Vietnam.
Anti-asbestos action groups in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos and Vietnam have has success advocating for policy reform and support activities leading toward national bans on asbestos.