The municipal People’s Committee has assigned the Department of Industry and Trade to coordinate with relevant agencies to organise a number of outdoor activities, including meetings, walking events and art performances, while calling on organisations and locals to engage in the activities.

A cycling parade in response to the Earth Hour 2018 in Da Nang city.

A meeting will be held in a park in An Hai Tay ward, Son Tra district, while a walking route will be organized from the park at the east of Rong Bridge to Ly Nam De-Ngo Quyen-Vu Van Dung-Tran Hung Dao streets and end in the park. The activity will last from 16:30 to 20:30 of March 30.

The committee has asked a number of departments and the Management Board of the city Administrative Centre to respond to the event by switching off advertisement boards and decoration lights on major streets and bridges on the day.

Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Ho Ky Minh said that the activities aim to call on organisations and locals to raise public awareness of climate change as well as the need of saving power and protect the environment.

Besides, Da Nang will strengthen communications to encourage locals to involve in the Earth Hour by turning off unnecessary electrical devices on the day.

485,000 kWh of electricity saved during Earth Hour 2018

Vietnam saved 485,000 kWh of electricity, equivalent to 834 million VND (36,612 USD), during the Earth Hour from 8:30pm-9:30pm of  March 24, according to the National Load Dispatch Centre.

 

Hanoi: Over 1,000 people join walk in response to Earth Hour campaign

More than one thousand people walked along the streets around Hoan Kiem Lake in central Hanoi on March 17, to raise awareness on saving energy and environmental protection, as part of the Earth Hour campaign.

 

Provinces and cities pledge to turn off lights as Earth Hour launched in Vietnam

Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry of Trade (MOIT) has launched the Earth Hour campaign with all 63 provinces and centrally-governed cities stating that unnecessary lights will be turned off on March 24.

 

38th Bac Giang Newspaper Run and 2019 Walking Festival: large scale, widely spreading

(BGO) - In the early morning of March 17, even though it was rainy, many people gathered at the February 3 Square in Bac Giang city to attend the 38th traditional Bac Giang Newspaper Run and the Walking Festival 2019 for a dynamic Vietnamese generation. 

 

Bac Giang Newspaper Run and Walking Festival to take place on 17 March

(BGO) - The opening ceremony and a number of activities of the 38th Bac Giang Newspaper Run and Walking Festival for active Vietnamese generation will take place at the 3-2 square, Bac Giang city in the Sunday morning of 17 March. This event is jointly held by Bac Giang Newspaper, Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Department of Education and Training; Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the People’s Committee of Bac Giang city.

 

Countdown party rings in new year on Nguyen Hue Walking Street

Thousands of people in HCM City are expected to participate in “Lights 2019”, the New Year Countdown party which will be organized on Nguyen Hue Walking Street from 8pm on December 31 until midnight.

 

Source: NDO