Vietnam responded to the campaign to make the world cleaner

Limited use of plastic bags, economical use of materials, planting more trees are activities that Vietnam will implement to protect the environment , and countries to respond to the campaign to make the world cleaner.

This year, the campaign will be launched in Thai Nguyen City on September 24, the theme was selected by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment as "Take action for a non-garbage environment" , in order to enhance declaration activities. transmit and raise people's awareness about environmental protection; creating public opinion and pressure to condemn and fight environmental pollution behaviors.

In response to the campaign to make the world cleaner, many organizations and localities will participate in the planting ceremony.(Artwork: Ngoan Thi)

At the launching ceremony, Thai Nguyen Provincial People's Committee will organize the award of environmental protection contest for students and students in the province. After that, the delegates and residents of the city planted trees and cleaned the roads; issue environmental sanitation at district level to respond to garbage collection, waste collection on canals, drainage ditches, dredging sewers.

On this occasion, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment called on organizations and individuals and localities throughout the country to take practical actions to protect the environment such as: sorting, recycling, reusing waste, limiting Use plastic bags, use fuel savings. In addition, many other activities also include: environmental sanitation around families, agencies, streets, parks, clearing the flow or planting more trees.

According to statistics, losses due to environmental pollution in Vietnam amounted to 5.5% of GDP, and annual losses of 780 million USD in public health areas due to environmental pollution. Experience from developed countries shows that the economic development process is not concerned with environmental issues will bring low economic efficiency, the cost of pollution treatment activities will be higher than investment costs. for pollution control measures.

The Clean Up the World campaign was initiated by Australia in 1993 and launched by the United Nations Environment Program on a global scale, held in the third week of September every year. The campaign has become an important annual international environmental event, drawing the participation of hundreds of millions of people and more than 130 countries.

Vietnam participated in the campaign since 1994 and so far has been responded to by ministries, mass organizations, localities and people of all strata through many effective activities.