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(Baonghean.vn) -Responding to the 2013 Clean Up the World Campaign, on the morning of September 22, the Provincial Department of Environmental Protection coordinated with the Vinh City Youth Union to organize a ceremony to clean up the environment in the city.

The 2013 Clean Up the World campaign with the theme “Our place to live... Our planet... Our responsibility...” attracted more than 3,000 union members, youth, students, and officials, civil servants of colleges, vocational schools, high schools, and secondary schools; some wards, communes, and agencies in Vinh city to participate. The union forces, civil servants and public employees collected garbage and cleaned 8 main streets: Nguyen Du, Le Duan, Quang Trung, Le Mao, Truong Thi, Tran Phu...

Workers of Vinh City Park Tree Company tidy up trees



Officials and civil servants of the Provincial Department of Environmental Protection participate in cleaning Le Mao Street.

The “Clean Up the World” campaign was first initiated by Australia in 1993, and was later launched by the United Nations Environment Program and held annually in the third week of September globally. The 2013 campaign especially highlighted the role of individuals and communities in demonstrating their responsibility for environmental issues and efforts for the global environment.

City youth union members clean up Truong Thi street



Collecting garbage on Ho Tung Mau street

The 2013 “Make the World Cleaner” campaign in Vietnam was launched by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in Da Lat city, Lam Dong province – a city that is being built to become the “greenest – cleanest – most beautiful” city in Vietnam.

News and photos: Minh Chi