Dong Nai Youth launch campaign “Clean up the world” and Green Sunday

On the morning of September 21, in Chon Thanh ward, the Dong Nai provincial Youth Union, in collaboration with the Vietnam Youth Federation of the province, held the launch ceremony for the 6th “Clean up the World” campaign and Green Sunday in 2025. This initiative is one of the practical activities organized by the province's youth to celebrate the 1st Congress of the Dong Nai provincial Party Committee for the 2025-2030 term.

Deputy Secretary of the provincial Youth Union, Nguyen Tran Phuong Ha, along with representatives from the provincial Party Committee's Commission for Propaganda and Mass Mobilization, the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, and leaders of Chon Thanh ward, attended the launch ceremony alongside numerous Youth Union members, young people, and residents of Chon Thanh ward.

Delegates attend the launch ceremony. Photo: Ngoc Huyen

The “Clean up the world” campaign is an initiative launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1993. To date, it has expanded to over 180 countries, engaging hundreds of millions of participants, with the goal of encouraging communities to unite for a green, clean, and safe living environment. Vietnam officially joined the campaign in 1994 and has implemented it annually during the third week of September, featuring meaningful activities such as tree planting, waste collection, combating plastic waste, protecting ecosystems, and responding to climate change.

Deputy Secretary of the provincial Youth Union Nguyen Tran Phuong Ha speaks at the launch ceremony. Photo: Ngoc Huyen

Speaking at the launch ceremony, Deputy Secretary of the Dong Nai provincial Youth Union Nguyen Tran Phuong Ha affirmed that, under the project titled “Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Dong Nai Province Participates in Environmental Protection and Climate Change Response”, the Standing Committee of the provincial Youth Union has recently directed all levels of the organization, from the provincial level down to grassroots units, to intensify efforts in organizing activities focused on environmental protection, tree planting, reforestation, ecological landscape improvement, and climate change adaptation.

Through these movements and initiatives, the campaign has contributed to addressing local environmental pollution issues while also promoting awareness among Youth Union members, young people, and the broader community to integrate environmental criteria into the development of advanced new-style rural areas and civilized urban areas.

In particular, in response to the movement “For a green Vietnam” and the project “Planting one billion trees in the 2021-2025 period” in Dong Nai province, hundreds of thousands of trees have been newly planted and cared for in vacant lands, bare hills, rapidly urbanizing areas, industrial zones, schools, and military units. This initiative has contributed to a total of more than 25 million newly planted trees across the province, exceeding the project’s target of 20 million trees.

The Standing Committee of the provincial Youth Union presents a symbolic plaque of 1,000 trees and 70 source-sorted trash bins to support Chon Thanh ward. Photo: Ngoc Huyen

Within the framework of the program, the Standing Committee of the provincial Youth Union donated 1,000 trees and 70 source-sorted trash bins to support the local community in environmental protection and climate change response. Additionally, 20 gift packages, each valued at VND 750,000, were presented to families of former youth volunteers, individuals with meritorious services to the revolution, and policy beneficiary families in Chon Thanh ward.

Deputy Secretary of the provincial Youth Union Nguyen Tran Phuong Ha and leaders of Chon Thanh Ward present gifts to families of former youth volunteers, individuals with meritorious services to the revolution, and policy beneficiary families in the ward. Photo: Ngoc Huyen

Giving trash bins to households in Chon Thanh ward. Photo: Ngoc Huyen

Immediately following the launch ceremony, Youth Union members and young people engaged in campaign activities, which included offering health consultations and check-ups for residents, exchanging waste for gifts, and planting trees at Chu Van An A High School in Chon Thanh ward.

FPT Long Chau Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company, in coordination with the Youth Union, provides health check-ups and distributes gifts to residents in Chon Thanh ward. Photo: Ngoc Huyen

Tree planting campaign at Chu Van An A High School, Chon Thanh ward. Photo: Ngoc Huyen

People participate in the activity of exchanging trash for gifts. Photo: Ngoc Huyen

By Ngoc Huyen - Translated by Huyen Trang, Minho