More and more hotels have arisen in coastal areas, encroaching on the living environment of coastal animals. And some hotels still serve dishes made with sea turtles, ignoring the warning that they need protection. Vietnam ranks high among countries that emit large amounts of plastic waste into the oceans. In 2010, with 1.8 million tons of plastic waste, Vietnam ranked fourth, after China, Indonesia and the Philippines, among 20 countries which contributed the highest amounts of plastic waste, according to a report. Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha said at a conference on developing a national action plan on ocean plastic waste management in Hanoi in December 2018 that protecting the marine environment is one of the major objectives for sustainable development in Vietnam .Experts say Vietnam has to spend $5 billion a year to cut 45 percent of plastic waste in the next 10 years.