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Deal signed to promote Prime Minister’s 1-billion-tree initiative

The Government’s e-Portal Chinhphu.vn, Vietnam Television (VTV) Digital, and property developer Novaland signed an agreement on March 19 for cooperation in sustainable development, with focus placed on the planting of 10 million trees in several localities.
Deal signed to promote Prime Minister’s 1-billion-tree initiative ảnh 1At the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA) 

Hanoi (VNA) - The Government’s e-Portal Chinhphu.vn, VietnamTelevision (VTV) Digital, and property developer Novaland signed an agreement onMarch 19 for cooperation in sustainable development, with focus placed on theplanting of 10 million trees in several localities.

The tree-planting programme aims to help translate Vietnam’s goal of planting1 billion new trees by 2025 into reality. The goal was initiated by PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc last November.

Under the agreement, Chinhphu.vn and VTV Digital will provide Novalandwith support in communicating information about the 10-million-tree-plantingprogramme, with between 1 and 2 million trees to be planted in Vietnam thisyear.

Nguyen Hong Sam, Director-General of the Government’s e-Portal, saidNovaland is the first company in the country to respond to the PM’s 1-billion-treeinitiative. He hoped that the number of trees planted under the programme willnot just reach 10 million but go even higher.

He also pledged that the Government’s e-Portal and VTV Digital willcontinue to accelerate communications campaigns on the 1-billion-treeinitiative around the country./.
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