Today 20/3 - International Day of Happiness, multiplying love

In June 2012, the United Nations declared March 20 as the International Day of Happiness. 193 member countries (including Vietnam) pledged to support this day through efforts to improve the quality of life, build a fair and sustainable society, and bring happiness to people.

Today, March 20th, is International Day of Happiness.

International Day of Happiness was inspired by the idea of ​​Bhutan, a small kingdom deep in the eastern Himalayas, which is considered a country with a high happiness index based on factors such as health, spirit, education, environment, quality of management and living standards of its people.

Bhutan is a country that has recognized the importance of national happiness over national income since the early 1970s and is famous for implementing the goal of gross national happiness instead of gross domestic product.

The Bhutanese representative said that the need for this Day of Happiness is for all countries and people around the world to take steps to overcome the differences between countries and people around the world and to unite and unite all humanity.

The United Nations chose March 20 as the International Day of Happiness because this is a special day of the year when the sun is horizontal to the equator, so on this day the length of day and night is equal - a symbol of balance,harmony of the universe.Therefore, March 20 - International Day of Happiness also conveys the message that balance and harmony are one of the keys to happiness.

Bhutan is the kingdom with the highest happiness index in the world.

International Day of Happiness was launched and celebrated for the first time by the United Nations on March 20, 2013 with the message broadcast worldwide: "Act for happiness".

To realize the goal of developing social security, building prosperous, progressive, happy Vietnamese families and responding to the International Day of Happiness on March 20 launched by the United Nations, on December 26, 2013, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 2589/QD-TTg approving the Project "Organizing activities on the occasion of the International Day of Happiness on March 20 every year".

Accordingly, since 2014, Vietnam has begun organizing activities in response to the International Day of Happiness (March 20 every year) launched by the United Nations, thereby raising awareness among all levels, sectors, organizations, individuals, families, and the whole society about the International Day of Happiness, thereby taking specific and practical actions to build happy families and happy communities of Vietnamese people; enhancing participation and coordination between all levels, sectors, and people, and the cooperation and assistance of domestic and foreign organizations and individuals in activities on the occasion of the International Day of Happiness.

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This year is the fifth time Vietnam has organized activities to celebrate the International Day of Happiness (March 20) with the theme “Love and Share”. The main propaganda slogans this year will be: “Responding to the International Day of Happiness on March 20”, “Let’s act for the goal: A prosperous, progressive, happy, civilized family”, “Let’s create a happy living, learning and working environment”.

Organizing the International Day of Happiness contributes to demonstrating Vietnam's efforts and commitments in improving the quality of life, building a fair and sustainable society to bring a happy life to the people.