Vietnam Calls for Nationwide Environmental Protection Efforts

Vietnam has initiated a broad environmental protection campaign, urging all citizens to participate in safeguarding the nation's natural resources. The initiative, launched in conjunction with World Environment Day, World Oceans Day, and Vietnam's Sea and Islands Week, aims to address pressing environmental issues.

Senior political figures, including Politburo member Bùi Thị Minh Hoài and Deputy Prime Minister Hồ Quốc Dũng, attended the launch event. Hoài delivered a call to action, highlighting the severe environmental challenges Vietnam faces, such as escalating waste, air and water pollution, resource depletion, and the negative effects of climate change. These issues directly threaten public health and the country's sustainable development.

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Alongside great socio-economic achievements, we are facing environmental pollution, rapidly increasing domestic solid waste, air and water pollution, resource depletion, plastic waste, dirty food, and the negative impacts of climate change, which are directly threatening people's health, growth quality, and the country's sustainable development.

The campaign, spearheaded by the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, encourages everyone, from government officials to ordinary citizens and the Vietnamese diaspora, to engage in practical environmental actions. Key recommendations include avoiding littering, minimizing the use of single-use plastics, conserving energy and water, and planting trees. Families are encouraged to adopt eco-friendly lifestyles, maintain clean homes and surroundings, and practice waste sorting at the source.

Local communities are also called upon to foster a sense of collective responsibility, organizing regular clean-ups and eliminating illegal dumping sites. The initiative promotes the creation of green pathways, neighborhoods, and even entire communities. Furthermore, communes and districts are tasked with maintaining environmental protection activities, ensuring proper waste management, and establishing clean public spaces, including beaches and religious sites. Businesses and production facilities are expected to set exemplary standards in environmental compliance.

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Let's start with the simplest actions: don't litter, limit the use of plastic bags and single-use plastic products, save electricity and water, plant and care for trees, and keep public places clean.