Consumers choose VietGAP-standard products at Co.op mart supermarket system in Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - The 11th edition of a campaignon green consumption will take place from June 6 to 30, an event held by the SaiGon Giai phong (Liberated Saigon) newspaper and Saigon Co.op group on June 3heard.
Of particular note, this year’s edition will mark the establishmentof a green community fund, which is a long-term initiative towards the goals ofproviding millions of litres of fresh water to the Mekong Delta, building “GreenSchools”, and supporting children with cancer.
Organisers said they will set up a network comprising 50“green destinations” and arrange volunteers to help consumers identify green productsand businesses that produce such products.
Saigon Co.op’s supermarkets will encourage shoppers touse biodegradable and reusable instead of plastic bags. The retailer has also launcheda range of programmes to promote green consumption, according to its MarketingDirector Do Quoc Huy.
This year’s campaign has engaged enterprises such asthe HCM City Urban Environment Company, Procter & Gamble Vietnam, Mondelez KinhDo Vietnam, Unilever Vietnam, Coca-Cola Vietnam, and Suntory Pepsico Vietnam.
Ly Viet Trung, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Sai Gon Giaiphong newspaper, said the campaign is among the first and largest nationwideaimed at helping consumers develop the habit of using green products./.
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