Prime Minister launches New Year tree planting festival
(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh offered incense to President Ho Chi Minh and launched the annual New Year tree planting festival at K9-Da Chong relic site in Hanoi on Friday, the sixth day of the Year of the Cat.
 Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh launches the annual New Year tree planting festival (Photo: VOV) |
The festival kicked off a series of activities nationwide for a program to plant 22.5 million trees this year.
PM Chinh recalled that 64 years ago, President Ho Chi Minh called on the people of Vietnam to respond to a tree-planting month which has become a tradition every lunar new year since then.
Vietnam’s forest coverage expanded from 28% in 1990 to over 42% last year, absorbing over 70 million tons of carbon dioxide, said Mr. Chinh. He highlighted Vietnam's commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2050.