Under the plan, in 2026 and the following years, 100% of wards and communes will maintain weekend community clean-up campaigns across residential areas and neighborhood groups.
All household solid waste will be collected and treated in line with regulations. All wards and communes will organize household-level waste sorting and ensure sufficient technically compliant collection points.
Illegal dumping and burning of waste in communities will be eliminated. Environmental protection content will be incorporated into local conventions in all residential areas, while community-based environmental self-management models will be built, maintained and expanded. All officials, civil servants, public employees, armed forces personnel and members of mass organizations will be informed, mobilized and expected to lead by example in the movement.
By 2030, Hanoi aims for 100% of household solid waste transported to centralized treatment facilities to be processed using waste-to-energy incineration or advanced technologies. Environmental pollution "black spots" will be removed and all spontaneous dumpsites causing pollution will be closed, rehabilitated and restored. All wards and communes will mobilize resources effectively to invest in vehicles, equipment and technical infrastructure for sorting, collection, recycling and treatment, applying advanced, high-tech and environmentally friendly solutions. Training in waste management will also be strengthened.
The plan defines this as a core political task that is both urgent and long-term for the entire capital's political system. It calls for active participation from residents and businesses and close coordination among departments, local authorities, socio-political organizations and communities.
Specifically, ward and commune People's Committees are required to launch and implement the citywide environmental protection movement and complete rollout of waste reduction, sorting, collection, transport, recycling and treatment by March 1, 2026.
Communication and education efforts will be intensified to raise awareness among agencies, businesses and residents about new regulations on solid waste management. Outreach will use diverse channels including mass media, grassroots loudspeaker systems, social networks, banners, posters and community activities.
Information technology and smart management models will be applied across waste collection and transport processes with data updated and integrated into the city's solid waste management database.
A roadmap will be implemented to shift waste collection and transport vehicles to electric and green-energy use. Initial application will be considered within Ring Road 1 from July 1, 2026, with gradual expansion aligned with low-emission zone development. The city aims to complete the transition from gasoline and diesel vehicles to electric and green-energy vehicles by 2030.
Hanoi will invest in transfer stations, loading points and compactors within wards and communes that meet environmental standards, urban aesthetics and traffic safety requirements. These will replace manual collection points that cause pollution and congestion and will be connected seamlessly with the city's centralized treatment facilities. Completion is targeted by December 31, 2026.
Inspection and supervision will be strengthened over contracted service providers responsible for waste collection, transport, treatment and public sanitation.
The Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports and city media outlets will step up communication to raise environmental awareness and promptly highlight effective models and solutions. Dedicated content will be expanded to support the citywide environmental protection movement.
The Vietnam Fatherland Front Hanoi and member organizations including the Hanoi Youth Union, the Hanoi Women's Union, the Veterans Association, the Farmers Association and the Labor Federation, are encouraged to guide, monitor and mobilize members and residents to participate in waste reduction, sorting, collection, transport, recycling and treatment activities.
The Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Environment will study and propose incentive policies to support producers and importers in establishing deposit-return mechanisms for product and packaging collection and recycling in line with central guidance. Regulations will also be developed to promote the use of recycled materials in green public procurement and public construction projects.
Investment will be accelerated to upgrade centralized transfer stations and city-scale solid waste treatment facilities in line with approved planning to ensure full treatment capacity after waste sorting.
Digital technologies will be applied more widely in solid waste management and treatment to ensure effective connectivity, monitoring and unified operations.
Integrated measures will be rolled out to reduce waste generation at source, promote changes in consumption behavior and minimize the use of single-use plastics, except for products certified with the Vietnam Eco-Label.
Digital tools will be expanded in management, monitoring and operations to support performance evaluation, improve service quality and enhance state management efficiency. Circular economy, sharing economy and digital platform-based service models will be encouraged to help reduce waste generation.
Specialized inspections will be conducted on waste sorting, collection, transport, transfer, recycling and treatment activities across the city within the assigned authority.
The Hanoi Department of Finance will guide and receive proposals for public-private partnership investment projects and speed up appraisal of investment policy for projects in the solid waste sector.