Recognizing the Unseen Heroes: Informal Waste Workers in Vietnam

Informal waste workers in #VietNam handle 90% of the country's recycled waste. Most of them are #women. It is only recently, however, that their essential work started to be recognized.

Follow the lives of two remarkable women in Hanoi - part of an invisible workforce of nearly 10,000 collectors who form the backbone of Viet Nam's waste management system.

VietCycle, a Hanoi-based company, provides informal waste workers, or ‘#GreenWarriors’, with protective equipment, fire-hazard training and microfinance courses.

Through the support of the World Economic Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership (#GPAP), they have directly reached 3,500 people in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and hope to assist 10,000 in the future.

Watch the full film here: https://ow.ly/L20r50YKx1Z