State President Nguyen Minh Triet launched the Tree Planting Festival for this year at the Dong Van Industrial Zone in the northern province of Ha Nam on February 20.
This year’s Tree Planting Festival, themed “Planting tree to mitigate impacts of climate change”, is the 50 th since President Ho Chi Minh launched the first one. It becomes the nation’s tradition in early Spring of the new Lunar year.
After the launch, President Triet and other participants planted trees.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in 2009, 246,000 ha of new forests were developed and 170 million trees were planted across the country, helping raise the country’s green coverage to 39.4 percent.
The same day, President Triet attended the Tich Dien Mua Xuan (Spring Ploughing) Festival, which was initiated more than 1,000 years ago to promote agriculture, at Doi Son commune, Ha Nam province.
Addressing the festival, the President said although Vietnam is advancing to industrialisation and modernisation, it still places importance on agriculture as more than 60 percent of the population rely heavily on agriculture.
The Tich Dien Mua Xuan Festival originated from the Le dynasty in 987 when King Le Dai Hanh decided to plough in Doi Son commune, Duy Tien district to wish for bumper crops and the practice became a fine tradition in early Spring every year./.
This year’s Tree Planting Festival, themed “Planting tree to mitigate impacts of climate change”, is the 50 th since President Ho Chi Minh launched the first one. It becomes the nation’s tradition in early Spring of the new Lunar year.
After the launch, President Triet and other participants planted trees.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in 2009, 246,000 ha of new forests were developed and 170 million trees were planted across the country, helping raise the country’s green coverage to 39.4 percent.
The same day, President Triet attended the Tich Dien Mua Xuan (Spring Ploughing) Festival, which was initiated more than 1,000 years ago to promote agriculture, at Doi Son commune, Ha Nam province.
Addressing the festival, the President said although Vietnam is advancing to industrialisation and modernisation, it still places importance on agriculture as more than 60 percent of the population rely heavily on agriculture.
The Tich Dien Mua Xuan Festival originated from the Le dynasty in 987 when King Le Dai Hanh decided to plough in Doi Son commune, Duy Tien district to wish for bumper crops and the practice became a fine tradition in early Spring every year./.
