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Up to 1,000 ban flowers planted at Dien Bien Phu battlefield relic sites

About 1,000 ban (Bauhinia variegate) flower trees were planted at relic sites such as A1 Hill, Him Lam resistance centre and De Castries Bunker at Dien Bien Phu battlefield relic complex in the northern province of Dien Bien on April 21.
Up to 1,000 ban flowers planted at Dien Bien Phu battlefield relic sites ảnh 1Representatives of relevant units plant ban flowers at A1 Hill at the Dien Bien Phu battlefield relic complex. (Photo: nhandan.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – About 1,000 ban (Bauhinia variegate) flower trees wereplanted at relic sites such as A1 Hill, Him Lam resistance centre and DeCastries Bunker at Dien Bien Phu battlefield relic complex in the northernprovince of Dien Bien on April 21.

Thiswas an activity within the framework of a tree-planting programme, launched bytourism company Vietravel, the provincial Department of Culture, Sports andTourism, and the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Executive Board in Dien Bienprovince.

Up to 1,000 ban flowers planted at Dien Bien Phu battlefield relic sites ảnh 2Tourism company Vietravel, the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Executive Board in Dien Bien province launch a tree-planting programme (Photo: nhandan.vn)

Arepresentative of Vietravel said that its Green-Go Green campaigns, which havebeen carried out since 2013, aim to call on people to join hands in plantingtrees, building a waste-free tourism environment, conveying the message ofgreen tourism to visitors and contributing to the sustainable development ofVietnamese tourism.

Thisyear, Dien Bien was chosen as the destination with the hope ofcontributing to the protection of the environment and the preservation of thehistorical relics of Dien Bien Phu./.

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