Cleaning up the ocean a goal for Viet youth
THE HO CHI MINH Communist Youth Union called on youths nationwide to join “Green Sunday” and “Let’s clean up the ocean” campaigns.
The launching ceremony for the events was held in Phan Thiet City in the central Binh Thuan Province.
The campaigns aim to encourage young people to assume pioneering roles in protecting the environment and fighting climate change through small actions.
Nguyen Anh Tuan, secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee, said pollution, especially ocean pollution, was an urgent issue for the society.
Phan Thiet City is a tourist destination. Pollution of the beaches has brought several challenges for the tourism sector, he said.
After the campaign was launched, more than 500 local youths, soldiers and officers of the armed forces collected garbage and cleaned up the 2km-long beach in Mui Ne Ward in Phan Thiet City.
Under the campaign, members of Ho Chi Minh Communist youth unions across the country will collect garbage for treatment and clean war martyr cemeteries and memorials.
“Let’s clean up the ocean” was first launched in four central provinces – Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue – in early May this year to raise public awareness about environment protection and climate change and to call on residents to join beach clean-up activities.
It is a joint initiative of Viet Nam National Television’s VTV24 News Centre and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee.
Nearly 100 youths, running or about to establish their own businesses, have joined a training programme to enrich their start-up knowledge.
The young people have been offered a chance to exchange their start-up skills and experiences with businessmen in a programme held by the Ha Noi Youth Union.
Nguyen Thi Hoai Phuong from Viet Nam’s University of Agriculture, said she is looking for knowledge before starting her own business to limit business risks. The programme will really help beginners like her who do not know where and how to begin.
The training is part of activities initiated by Ha Noi Youth Union to help young people to study, look for jobs and set up their own businesses.
During the first six months of this year, the Ha Noi Youth Union, in collaboration with youth groups in districts and universities and colleges in the city, held career orientation programmes for more than 26,000 high school students.
