Green infrastructure creates quality of life - urban eco-path combines tradition, sustainable tourism and environmental awareness in Hoi An

About this project

The historic old town of the Vietnamese city of Hoi-An was declared a World Heritage Site in 1999. Since then, the city has seen a sharp increase in the number of tourists. This development, among other things, has led to the realisation that intensive tourism is associated with a decline in the quality of life and severe environmental pollution. This development has led to the citys commitment to a gentler, sustainable and green form of tourism. With slowly increasing prosperity, awareness is developing, even outside the tourist trade (e.g. in agriculture), that natural and spatial resources are limited and that current developments will have very negative medium- and long-term effects. The City Eco Trail project is intended to create an environmental education project that can be experienced by residents of the city, the region and their guests, which addresses the aspects of sustainability, ecology, nature conservation, but also the destruction of nature and its consequences, and raises awareness among users. At the same time, the city eco-path is intended to become a beacon project for tourists with international appeal, which draws attention to the problems mentioned above but also shows examples of what alternatives exist and what positive effects are associated with them. After all, by preserving and protecting tradition, culture and the environment, as well as natural resources, and by establishing sustainable practices, both the quality of life of the inhabitants an…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 4Quality Education
• 12Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13Climate Action
• 14Life Below Water
• 15Life on Land

Published by

Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) · Government

Countries

Vietnam

Sectors

Environmental education/training

Focus

Environment · Main focusGood governance · Also contributes

Places

Hanoi

Published by Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 30 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: DE-1-202549228-108172.

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