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Vietnam takes actions to make world cleaner

Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan signed a dispatch on the organisation of activities to respond to the global campaign to make the world cleaner in 2022.
Vietnam takes actions to make world cleaner ảnh 1Illustrative image (Source: baochinhphu.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Minister of NaturalResources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan signed a dispatch on the organisation ofactivities to respond to the global campaign to make the world cleaner in 2022.

The campaign, initiated by Australia and started in 1993, hasbecome an important annual event drawing hundreds of countries and millions ofpeople around the globe with various activities to protect the environment andpromote sustainable development.

Vietnam has responded to the campaign since 1994 with manyspecific and practical activities. This year, Vietnam has launched communitymovements such as those to clean up the environment, plant trees, recovering the clean environment in urban areas, rivers and canals, while paying greaterattention to environment issues at the local level and settling pollution.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has asked localities andagencies to popularise the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 and guidingdocuments, while urging the media to increase environmental communications,focusing on issues related to green and circular economy and environmentalactions.

Vietnam takes actions to make world cleaner ảnh 2Youngster clean up the environment (Photo: VNA)
Themed "Working together to change the world", the campaign to make the world cleaner is a chance for localities and agenciesto strengthen the control and supervision over waste concentrated areas such asindustrial parks, industrial clusters, craft villages, river basins andpollution hotspots, as well as better the air conditions.

It also aims to enhance public awareness of extended producer responsibility(EPR), and encourage food and goods supply chains to minimise the use ofplastic bags and single-use plastic products./.
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