Besides the challenges (with policies which are numerous in numbers, broad in scope, high binding and with wide impacted areas), Vietnamese manufacturers and exporters’ enforcement of green policies in agricultural and food products sectors also have certain advantages

European Green Deal has set out new challenging requirements for the production and export of Vietnamese agricultural and food products to the EU market. And similar to all impacted manufacturing and exporting industries, agricultural and food products are supposed to change considerably to meet higher green standards, more complicated requirements of information and origin tracking and pay higher cost to comply with these requirements.

The EU has been one of the most important export markets of Vietnam’s textile for many years.

As the consumption sector of 4th highest polluting industry with impacts on the environment depression and climate change, 3rd sector for high water consumption and land use and 5th for the use of primary raw materials and greenhouse gas emission in the EU

Identified as one of the largest sources of production and consumption causing environmental pollution and carbon emissions, it is not surprising that textiles are the subject of a series of policies under the European Green Deal.

Out of the challenges for Vietnam’s textiles in the EU market from the European Green Deal, Vietnamese businesses in textile sectors may have certain advantages in implementing and complying with these green policies

Although the majority of related mandatory green policies are currently in draft form, not yet officially approved and effective, demands from the EU consumers for green textile products are a clear reality.