Ministry orders actions in response to World Cleanup Day 2023

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has demanded activities be held in response to the World Cleanup Day 2023 (September 16).
Ministry orders actions in response to World Cleanup Day 2023 ảnh 1Young people clean up a beach in Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh province. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministryof Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has demanded activities be held inresponse to the World Cleanup Day 2023 (September 16).

The MoNRE sent the written request toministries, sectors, socio-political organisations, provincial-level People’sCommittees, and relevant agencies, organisations and units on August 30.

It asked for the continuation ofcommunity movements such as cleaning up the environment, planting trees, and improvingthe environment in urban and residential areas.

Agencies and localities were urgedto step up communications and education to raise public awareness of protectingthe environment, sorting waste at source, reducing waste disposal, boostingwaste reuse and recycling, and not using single-use plastic products ornon-biodegradable plastic bags.

They were also told to encourage theuse of environmentally friendly alternatives and bolster the communicationsabout the World Cleanup Day campaign nationwide.

The MoNRE also requested exemplars,good models, initiatives, and effective measures for environmental protectionbe multiplied, and the collectives and individuals with outstandingachievements in the field rewarded.

Information about the World Cleanup Day 2023 campaign can be found on the MoNREportal at http://www.monre.gov.vn/, andthe website of the centre for natural resources and environment communicationsat https://monremedia.vn/.

The World Cleanup Day, initiated by Australia, was launched globally by theUnited Nations Environment Programme in 1993. It is held on the third Saturdayof September annually.

Vietnam has organised events inresponse to the Day since 1994. The MoNRE is the body in charge of coordinatingresponse activities. This campaign has been strongly supported by ministries,sectors, and organisations from central to local levels, helping promote thecommunity’s awareness of and actions in environmental protection./.
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