Environmental protection and sustainable development are the common development trend of many countries in the world today including Vietnam. The career of protecting the environment towards sustainable development requires the joining of many different forces in society, including religions. As one of the religions tends to incarnate, Buddhism in the past as well as the present always focused on environmental protection and sustainable development. That, not only manifests itself in the way of action but also expresses clearly with philosophical views in the Buddhist teaching system. Vietnamese Buddhism always accompanies and develops with the nation. In today's innovation career, the contribution of Buddhism to environmental protection and sustainable development is one of the important contributions of this religion in the cause of innovation and development in Vietnam today. This article is based on the analysis of the views of Buddhist philosophy on the environment and the development and contributions of Vietnamese Buddhism in history to come to analyze and propose solutions to promote more and the role of Buddhism in the current environmental protection and sustainable development in Vietnam.