Combating plastic pollution in the East Sea has now been a concern for ASEAN countries. This was also the topic discussed at Ocean Dialogue co-hosted by the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Vietnam and the Australian Embassy in Vietnam co-hosted on Wednesday morning in Hanoi. Last November, all ASEAN countries became the driving force in the East Asia Summit Leaders' Statement on Combating Marine Plastic Debris.