National plan launched to protect environment

Protecting the environment, including the maritime environment, is a vital and urgent task of human beings as the environment holds long-term and deep impacts for the development of every country.

 

He stressed the need to safeguard the maritime environment in a bid to make maritime economy a leading sector in the national target for sustainable development.

 

Under the theme ‘Tourism growth in line with maritime environment protection’, he stated that the event aimed to raise public awareness for protecting natural resources and the environment as well as for safeguarding national sovereignty over sea and islands.

 

Participants at the event worked together to put up propaganda posters at public areas, collect rubbish along My Khe beach, and take part in a parade calling on people to protect the environment.

 

Earlier, the same programme was launched in Cat Ba island district in the northern port city of Hai Phong on June 7 and in Hoi An city in the central province of Quang Nam on August 29, attracting thousands of participants at each venue.

 

The action plan will also be deployed in the coastal provinces of Thanh Hoa, Thua Thien – Hue, Khanh Hoa and Binh Thuan in 2016 with a hope to call on joint efforts to clean the maritime environment and gain commitments from ministries, sectors, businesses and residential areas to develop a green, clean and beautiful country.