Prime Minister launches New Year tree planting festival
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh offered incense to President Ho Chi Minh and launched the annual New Year tree planting festival at K9-Da Chong relic site, Hanoi’s outlying district of Ba Vi, on January 27, the sixth day of the Year of the Cat.
PM Pham Minh Chinh and delegates offer incense to President Ho Chi Minh (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime MinisterPham Minh Chinh offered incense to President Ho Chi Minh and launched the annual New Yeartree planting festival at K9-Da Chong relic site, Hanoi’s outlying district ofBa Vi, on January 27, the sixth day of the Year of the Cat.
Co-organised by the Ministry of NaturalResources and Environment, the Ministry of National Defence and Hanoi municipalauthorities, the tree planting festival started a series of activities nationwidefor the programme “For a green Vietnam” with an aim t𒁏o plant 22.5 million treesthis year.
PM Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the launch ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Speaking at the event, PM Chinh recalled that 64years ago, President Ho Chi Minh called on the entire people to respond to thetree planting month which has become a tradition every lunar new year since then.
According to him, Vietnam’s forest coverage expanded from 28% in 1990 to over 42% in 2022, absorbing over 70 million tonnesof carbon dioxide.
The PM highlighted Vietnam'🎉s commitment to achieve net zero by 2050 and expressed his belief that the treeplanting campaign 2023 will produce positive achievements, helping the country deliver its commitment and contributing tonational development.
PM Pham Minh Chinh joins in tree planting at the relic site (Photo: VNA)
At the launch ceremony, he joined delegates in planting 3𒀰,000 trees at the relic site./.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 6 launched a tree planting festival at the Hung Kings Temple relic site in the northern province of Phu Tho on the occasion of the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).
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PM Pham Minh Chinh and delegates offer incense to President Ho Chi Minh (Photo: VNA) 
PM Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the launch ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
PM Pham Minh Chinh joins in tree planting at the relic site (Photo: VNA) 
