Women dedicated to environmental protection along Ha Long’s coastline

According to official reports, the four-kilometre Bai Chay beach is subject to 6 tonnes of garbage everyday (Photo: Vietnam+)

All the garbage disappears after a night with the hands of female environmental workers (Photo: Vietnam+)

The cleaning team in charge of Bai Chay beach consists of 20 female workers (Photo: Vietnam+)

They are considered silent guards of the beach (Photo: Vietnam+)

Workers collect plastic bottles and bags dumped by tourists (Photo: Vietnam+)

They work in two shifts, one from 6:00 to 10:30 a.m and the other from 2:30 to 6:00 p.m (Photo: Vietnam+)

Plastic bottles and bags account for the majority of waste on the beach (Photo: Vietnam+)

The huge amount of tourist arrivals in peak seasons has drastically increased garbage on the beach (Photo: Vietnam+)

Environmental workers work relentlessly to keep the beach clean (Photo: Vietnam+)

Their hard works are expected to pay off with a cleaner beach for tourists to enjoy (Photo: Vietnam+)

(Photo: Vietnam+)

(Photo: Vietnam+)

Workers collect plastic bottles and bags dumped by tourists (Photo: Vietnam+)

(Photo: Vietnam+)

(Photo: Vietnam+)

(Photo: Vietnam+)

(Photo: Vietnam+)

Workers collect plastic bottles and bags dumped by tourists (Photo: Vietnam+)

(Photo: Vietnam+)

(Photo: Vietnam+)

(Photo: Vietnam+)

Silent guards of the beach (Photo: Vietnam+)

(Photo: Vietnam+)

(Photo: Vietnam+)

(Photo: Vietnam+)

Regardless of weather, environmental workers always dedicate to cleaning the beach of Bai Chay (Photo: Vietnam+)

(Photo: Vietnam+)

(Photo: Vietnam+)

(Photo: Vietnam+)