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An Giang: meeting marks World Environment Day

A meeting took place in Long Xuyen city, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, in response to World Environment Day (June 5) and a national week on clean water and rural sanitation.
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An Giang (VNA) – A meeting tookplace in Long Xuyen city, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, in response toWorld Environment Day (June 5) and a national week on clean water and rural sanitation.

Beginning in 1974, the UN’s WorldEnvironment Day is now celebrated in over 100 countries. The theme for 2018 isbeating plastic pollution.

At the meeting, Vice President of theVietnam Women’s Union (VWU) Nguyen Thi Tuyet pointed to the fact that Vietnamdisposes 12 million tonnes of waste on an annual average, which will be 20million tonnes in 2020.

Of the total waste, 2,500 tonnes areplastics, which seriously harm the land, water and air, she added.

Tuyet and Vice Chairman of the An GiangPeople’s Committee Lam Quang Thi called for sectors, party members, publicservants, VWU members and youths to take greater part in environmentalprotection and awareness-raising campaigns related to the issue.

Thi said the national week and World EnvironmentDay will help boost the local completion of environmental criteria in buildingnew-style rural areas.

He acknowledged good outcomes of a host ofenvironmental campaigns by the provincial chapter of the VWU, like thosecalling for people to say no to single-use plastics and to build green andclean streets.

After the meeting, more than 1000 youthsand VWU members walked together along main streets in Long Xuyen to spreadtheir environmental protection message.

Similar meetings were also launched in other provinces and cities nationwide inresponse to World Environment Day (June 5).-VNA
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