Green Sunday campaign has been promoted by Khanh Hoa Youth Union at all levels, drawing the participation and support of many locals...
Green Sunday campaign has been promoted by Khanh Hoa Youth Union at all levels, drawing the participation and support of many locals.
 Youth Union members and young people in Nha Trang City join clean-up effort at the embankment near Xom Bong Bridge.
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Every Sunday, Youth Union affiliations hold environmental protection activities to tidy residential areas, schools and beaches as well as remove illegal advertisements sticked on light poles and in other public places. Green Sunday campaign has been effectively developed by all local Youth Union organizations. The main activity is to collect trash and protect the environment, says Pham Truc Viet, Secretary of Van Ninh District Youth Union. Nha Trang City Youth Union has launched a clean-up campaign to tidy the embankment near Xom Bong Bridge, Nha Trang City.
Various environmental clean-up activities have been held in response to the Green Sunday campaign. Especially, at weekends, youth Unions of wards, communes and schools have organized clean-up days based on their specific circumstances. The event has proved effective, helping to raise public awareness of environmental protection, adds Le Quang Minh, Secretary of Nha Trang City Youth Union.
In addition, several localities and agencies have promoted the campaign, receiving participation and support of locals. “Littering and sticking illegal advertisements on street infrastructures are offensive. Many young people have joined effort to tidy public places and remove illegal advertisements. Their practical work is worth praise, contributing to creating a civic culture,” says Nguyen Thanh Trung, a resident in Vinh Tho Ward, Nha Trang City.
Through the Green Sunday campaign, many environmental issues have been solved and some environmental blackspots have been removed. Green Sunday campaign launched by the central Youth Union has been developed for several years. Together with teenagers and young adults nationwide, Khanh Hoa youth has joined effort in “Voluntary Saturday” and “Green Sunday” campaigns with 4-5 mass clean-up drives on national holidays and in the youth month every year.
The campaign has become a regular activity held every week and every month by Youth Union affiliations. Green Sunday campaign is designed to not only involve Youth Union members and young people in clean-up activities but also inspire communities to fix up and conserve their environment. Moreover, young people in Khanh Hoa has boosted propaganda towards being environmental responsibility for sustainable development, according to Nguyen Van Nhuan, Secretary of Khanh Hoa Youth Union.
V.T
Translated by N.T
