Title: Assessing people's green production to propose policy solutions for changing from brown economy to green economy in Lam River Basin, Vietnam

Authors: Manh V. Lai; Chinh C. Tran

Addresses: Department of Natural Resources and Environment Economics, Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment, Hanoi, Vietnam ' Faculty of Development Economics, VNU University of Economics and Business, Hanoi, Vietnam

Abstract: Green economy plays an important role for sustainable development. This study seeks to propose an appropriate approach to promote the effectiveness of policy instruments to transform from a brown economy to a green economy with the focus on the Lam River Basin of Vietnam. The study uses structural equation model (SEM) analysis and DPSIR analytical framework to analyse green production in relation with the awareness of environmental quality and environmental behaviour and to make policy recommendations. The analysis results show that brown economic behaviour is still quite popular among people in the Lam River Basin. Although their awareness of environmental quality is at a good level, their actions gradually reduce the environmental quality. It is agreed that 'brown behaviour' is still the biggest challenge in the transition from the brown to green economy that requires all the actors from authorities, local and international organisations to people to act together.

Keywords: green economy; brown economy; Lam River Basin; green production; environmental behaviour; structural equation model; SEM; Vietnam.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGE.2022.128934

International Journal of Green Economics, 2022 Vol.16 No.3, pp.258 - 273

Received: 18 Feb 2021
Accepted: 05 Apr 2022
Published online: 10 Feb 2023 *

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