Reduce the impact and release of mercury and POPs in Vietnam through lifecycle approach and Ecolabel Protect human health, environment and promote sustainable production and consumption through the reduction of the use of POPs, new POPs and mercury and the release of POPs, U-POPs and mercury throughout the entire lifecycle in key industrial sectors supported by Eco-label system, Green Financing, and Procurement mechanisms. Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency. The key objective of the project is the full implementation of the Stockholm convention on POPs and of the Minamata convention on mercury, with the phasing out or elimination of POPs and U-POPs, currently used in the manufacturing sectors or released as a result of industrial processes, and with the phasing out of mercury added products (MAP) and the disposal of mercury containing equipment ad their end of life.   This objective will reduce the overall impact for the environment and the human health, which is a key social benefit for the Vietnamese population and for the environment at local and global level. This will also translate in a reduced impact associated to the health expenditures. The project is articulated in 3 components to achieve this objective:    Component 1: Promote sustainable production - consumption in key sectors through Eco-labeling, Green Financing, and Procurement, and other elements to support a long-term Innovation Ecosystem for greening the value and supply chain across sectors.   · Component 2: Lifecycle management of POPs and PTS containing products    Component 3: Mercury: lifecycle management of mercury-containing products:   Notwithstanding the above, it is very clear that the elimination of industrial POPs from a number of industrial processes, the reduction of atmospheric emissions of U-POPs and mercury, as well as the replacement of mercury containing devices with non-mercury ones, and the disposal of mercury containing waste, is a process that would entail significant investment. It is also clear that the GEF financing can only contribute to the initial, catalytic step of this process.   For this reason, one of the pillar of this project is to consolidate and widen the existing Green FinancingMechanismin Vietnam, to ensure that the investment needed for POPs and mercury elimination are eligible under such financing scheme and that can be sustained beyond project life, through the enhancement of the existing green incentive policy and the development of Green Procurement schemes to be initially implemented in ministries offices and healthcare facilities.   The main social and economic benefit for the project is therefore the enhancement of the financial sustainability of project activities related to POPs and mercury elimination through the establishment of a proper financing scheme which will be in the first phase (during project life) sustained with GEF grant and in a longer phase sustained with the financing support ensured through the extension of the current financing scheme (VEPF and private institutions) already existing in Vietnam.   The project however will also bring additional social and economical benefit for Vietnam, through:  1) The implementation of a Gender Mainstreaming Plan, which is integrated in the project structure, and which will ensure that women and men will enjoy the same conditions concerning access to information, job opportunities, safety the workplace, and training in the course of project implementation;   2) The development of a knowledge base for the technologies demonstrated in the course of the project, which will be a key source of information for the development of POPs free manufacturing technologies (Component 4, Outcome 4.1, Knowledge Management)  3) Widespread training on non-mercury devices, especially in hospital facilities, to facilitate the diffusion and adoption of these devices (Component 3, Outcome 3.1, mercury)  4) A dedicated activity aimed at reducing the gap between the recyclers of materials and the manufacturing industry toward the adoption of common standards, to ensure that the resource constituted by wasted material is effectively exploited without harming the environment (Component 2, Outcome 2.2)