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Circular Economy (CE) is an economic model in which both production and consumption aim at reducing the exploitation of raw materials, prolonging the product life cycle, limiting waste generation, and minimizing adverse impact on the environment. Globally, many countries is on the way to complete their legal framework for promotion of CE and have achieved many successes. In Vietnam, the CE development is officially mentioned in the political declaration of the Communist Party for the period of 2021-2030. In practice, the huge challenge hindering CE development in Vietnam currently is waste management. The main idea of CE is based on the resource circulation with a core factor as 3R [Reduce – Reuse – Recycle]. It means that waste output of one industry will become an input resource of another industry. In practice, Vietnam has a huge amount of solid waste, but it has not been recycled and reused effectively.

In this context, the research on “Legal Framework on Promoting Circular Economy for Sustainable Development – International Experience and Implications for Vietnam” is very necessary to understand the policies and legal framework on CE development in some countries with the hope that practices in such countries will help Vietnam to gain lessons and has a good perspective in the policy making in CE development.

The objectives of this research for 2022 are:

• Comparative study of laws and policies on CE development promotion in waste management in some countries (German, Sweden, Korea and Singapore) and Vietnam, thereby drawing policy implications for Vietnam
• An assessment of law implementation through in-depth interview in Hung Yen and Vinh Phuc provinces.
• Proposing legislative recommendations on CE development promotion in waste management for Vietnam.