More than 10,000 green lim trees were planted in Que Phong by Nghe An Provincial Youth Union.

Attending the program were Deputy Secretaries of the Provincial Youth Union: Pham Van Toan, Thai Minh Sy; representatives of the Student Association, Youth Development Support Center; Provincial Border Guard; Provincial Youth Volunteer Force. On the local side, there was comrade Truong Minh Cuong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the District Party Committee and Representative of the Pu Hoat Nature Reserve Management Board. Photo: Sy Bach

This is an activity in response to the emulation launching ceremony to welcome the Congress of the Youth Union at all levels for the 2022-2027 term and the Tree Planting Festival "Forever grateful to Uncle Ho" Spring of the Year of the Tiger 2022 of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.

10,000 green lim trees supported by the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in the program "1 billion green trees for a green Vietnam" will contribute significantly to forest protection, ecological environment protection, climate change response, and natural disaster mitigation in the area.

Youth union members planted trees right after the launching ceremony. Photo: Sy Bach

Through the program, the Provincial Youth Union and the Provincial Youth Union launched the movement "Each cadre, union member, association member, and youth plants and takes care of at least 01 tree". This is a practical activity, raising awareness, responsibility, and promoting the pioneering role, educating the awareness of protecting the living environment for cadres, union members, and youth; widely spreading among the Youth Union and people to actively respond to the activities of planting, caring for, and protecting trees in the locality.

In the period of 2018-2022, the Youth Union chapters at all levels in the province have had many meaningful tree planting activities with many diverse forms, attracting a large number of young union members and people to participate. In 2021 alone, Nghe An youth have planted 157,425 new trees including: doi, purple cardamom, hydrangea, bougainvillea, lim, sang, black star, banyan, wallflower... with high economic and aesthetic value.