Hai Phong, Vietnam — In an effort to strengthen regional collaboration to address marine plastic pollution, Vietnam Maritime University (VMU), in partnership with the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) and the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), under the second phase of the ASEAN–Norwegian Cooperation Project on Regional Capacity Building for Reducing Plastic Pollution, organized the International Conference on Marine Plastic Pollution on April 21–23, 2026, in Hai Phong, Vietnam.