Activities responding to action month for environment launched

June 02, 2020 - 19:00

The Ministry of Nature Resources and Environment has urged relevant agencies to arrange activities in the “Action Month for Environment”, in response to the World Environment Day (June 5).

People in Central Highlands Lâm Đồng Province join a tree planting campaign. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Nature Resources and Environment has urged relevant agencies to arrange activities during the “Action Month for Environment”, in response to World Environment Day (June 5).

Under the theme “'Time for Nature”, the agencies are also requested to bolster funding and mobilisation of social sources for nature and biodiversity conservation.

They need to keep a closer watch on waste collection, transport and treatment and address waste-induced environmental pollution which directly hampers people’s livelihoods, said the ministry, adding that the building of environmentally-friendly constructions for the sake of the public is encouraged. — VNS

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