The 2020 International Happiness Day (March 20) themed "Love and Share" will be celebrated with many practical and meaningful activities...
The 2020 International Happiness Day (March 20) themed “Love and Share" will be celebrated with many practical and meaningful activities.
To meet the goal of developing social welfare and building family prosperity, progress, happiness and in response to the International Day of Happiness launched by the United Nations, on December 26, 2013, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 2589 on approving a project on organizing activities on the occasion of the International Day of Happiness.
Over the past years, the Commanding Board of Family Affairs, Khanh Hoa Department of Culture & Sports has launched the day with various activities to mark the International Happiness Day integrated with the International Women’s Day, Foundation Day of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (March 26), Vietnam Sports Day (March 27) and Olympic Running Day.
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The activities in response to the International Day of Happiness are to raise public awareness of the meaning of the day, build happy family life, enhance the participation, cooperation as well as support and assistance of organizations and individuals at home and abroad to organize activities on the occasion of the 2020 International happiness Day, according to Nguyen Khac Ha, Director of Khanh Hoa Provincial Department of Culture & Sports.
In 2019, the department cooperated with local agencies and localities to deliver the message “Take action for family well-being and civilization, maintain and cultivate a happy study and work environment; protect children with a happy family; propagandize the law on social welfare, building family prosperity, progress, happiness; set good examples of kindness and happy families and communities, etc.
Nguyen Khac Ha says to promote the effectiveness of the International happiness Day, all people are encouraged to give love and share happiness with their families and communities. Each person may start with small acts that can make a difference for happier families and society as well as join effort to develop social welfare, contributing to meeting the aspirations and goal of building family prosperity, progress and happiness.
In addition, the department has boosted raising public awareness of the theme and meaning of the 2020 International happiness Day on mass media; focusing on setting good examples, organizing activities to keep families and communities happy, criticizing family violence, etc.; and encouraging organizations, families and individuals to bring happiness to their families and communities.
The International Happiness Day was initiated in Bhutan, which has led the world’s Gross National Happiness index. The National Happiness index includes both traditional areas of socio-economic concern such as living standards, health and education, management quality and psychological wellbeing. The International Day of Happiness is celebrated on March 20 which coincides with the March equinox. It is when night time and day time are nearly the same length which represents space balance and harmony. Therefore, the International Happiness Day delivers the message of balance and harmony known as the key to happiness.
Thanh Truc
Translated by N.T
