Ho Chi Minh City, June 29 -- Ho Chi Minh City is stepping up efforts to make green products more affordable and accessible, aiming to turn sustainable consumption into a daily habit for consumers.

To support the transition, the city is introducing policies that ease the burden of upfront invesment costs for businesses and small traders. Through trade promotion, supply-demand matching, e-commerce, cashless payments, energy efficiency, circular economy initiatives and industrial promotion programmes, enterprises are being encouraged to adopt environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards in line with their operational capacity.

According to Dinh Trong Cuong, Deputy Head of the Trade Management Division under the municipal Department...