(BAFU) – On the morning of February 15 (the 6th day of the first Lunar month), in village 21 (Kim Phu commune, Tuyen Quang city), Tuyen Quang province in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held the Tree Planting Festival in eternal gratitude to Uncle Ho in Lunar New Year 2024. Dr. Nguyen Tuan Duong, Vice Rector of BAFU attended the Ceremony.
Overview of the Launching Ceremony
State President Vo Van Thuong speaking at ceremony to launch tree planting festival
The annual activity is held on the Lunar New Year – the biggest festival in the year for Vietnamese people.
Speaking at the Launching Ceremony, President Thuong said that since 1960, Vietnam has been holding the tree planting festival every spring in response to late President Ho Chi Minh’s appeal.
Planting trees has contributed to protecting the ecological environment, improving landscapes, proactively dealing with natural disasters and climate change, promoting socio-economic development, and bettering the quality of people’s life.
On the same day, the State leader attended a ceremony to inaugurate a road linking Tuyen Quang city to Yen Son district centre.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Quoc Tri said that his ministry and localities have been determined to bring the Prime Minister’s project of planting a billion trees in the 2021 – 2025 period to the finish line on time.
In the 2021 – 2023 period, the country planted nearly 770 million trees.
Vice Rector Nguyen Tuan Duong of BAFU attended the Launching Ceremony of New Year Tree Planting Festival in Tuyen Quang
Source: VNA
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