Vietnam launches Earth Hour Campaign 2010

Vietnam has officially launched the Earth Hour 2010 campaign by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), a campaign organized to respond to the world's largest awareness raising campaign on climate change.

Climate change is a reality in the world and in Vietnam. Many studies and reports such as Super Pressure on Super Cities and Climate Change in 2009 by the WWF show that Vietnam is a country vulnerable to global warming. Many weather changes are happening, extreme weather events occur more frequently, rivers and plains are drying out and the coast is gradually eroding.

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Therefore, WWF wants Vietnamese people to be aware of the problems of climate change, its expected impacts, measures to slow this process and how to adapt effectively. fruit.

Ms. Tran Minh Hien, Director of WWF Vietnam explained: 'Vietnam is heavily affected by climate change, so it is more important than ever that the country needs to have a strong and strong voice in the international . We need to stand up and act against this threat. ' WWF urges everyone to turn off the lights for one hour from 20:30 to 21:30 on March 27.

Earth Hour 2010 will focus on calling every individual, government and business to act and contribute to ensuring a sustainable future. The campaign will be expanded more than last year with the goal of having more than 20 cities registered. The main event will be held in Ho Chi Minh City with the participation of famous artists and Earth Hour Goodwill Ambassador.

This year's campaign will focus on educating and raising awareness for people before and after March 27, with strong intensity in previous months. Special young people will be noticed, Earth Hour ambassadors will visit schools to send messages about Earth Hour. The climate change-themed competitions will help participants to be creative and information can be found at www.earthhour.org.vn.

Earth Hour is a global initiative of WWF on climate change, the campaign started in Sydney in 2007 and has become a global event in the last two years. In 2009, Earth Hour was responded by nearly 1 billion people in more than 4,000 cities that drug 88 countries around the world.

The 2010 Earth Hour Launch Statement was launched by WWF and the Department of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, calling on all Vietnamese people to participate in this global event.

Not only participating as a gold sponsor Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) also plays a role as one of the program's ambassadors, a partner along with all meaningful activities of the program. . People and businesses can participate in Earth Hour simply by turning off lights and unused electrical appliances within an hour from 8:30 pm on March 27.