Hanoi, March 19 -- As global commerce increasingly pivots towards sustainability, stricter environmental, emissions and supply chain responsibility requirements are rapidly becoming key conditions for market access, green exports are no longer an option but are becoming the new "rules of the game" for businesses in the highly open Vietnam to participate more deeply in global value chains. A major turning point is the European Union's rollout of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on January 1, 2026, aimed at preventing "carbon leakage" amid the relocation of production to countries with less stringent environmental standards. For developing economies, including Vietnam, CBAM signals the growing role of environmental standards as...