TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN VIETNAM AND ITS CONNECTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL DIPLOMACY INNOVATION

Vietnam, a Southeast Asian nation with a diverse culture, possesses extensive traditional knowledge across various fields, such as agriculture and herbal medicine.The protection, maintenance, and development of this knowledge profoundly impact the environment, particularly in the context of climate change.Over the past decade, Vietnam has joined three new significant agreements with environmental commitments: the Paris Agreement, CPTPP, and EVFTA.These treaties include provisions for the protection of traditional knowledge and environmental conservation.However, Vietnam's legal framework to meet these treaties' standards remains unstable and incomplete.This inadequacy leads to insufficient protection of traditional knowledge, contributing to issues affecting climate change.Therefore, the improvement of legal rules and policy on traditional knowledge protection will create the innovation of Vietnam's environmental diplomacy pursuant to the joint relevant new free trade agreements.