A ceremony was organized to launch the Tree Planting Festival to plant trees on the islands with the participation of officers, soldiers, and residents of the islands in Truong Sa island district, Khanh Hoa province on February 14 (the fifth day of the Lunar New Year).
Officers and soldiers on An Bang Island respond to Tree Planting Festival (Photo: CPV)
The event aimed to respond to the tree planting festival "Forever Grateful to Uncle Ho" and implementing the program "Greening Truong Sa".
The tree planting festival initiated by President Ho Chi Minh has been a tradition in Vietnam for more than 60 years, encouraging afforestation and forest protection and greatly contributing to national development.
After the launching ceremony, officers, soldiers, and individuals on the islands planted more than 3,000 trees, including more than 1,000 new trees of various types; caring for and pruning more than 2,000 trees of all kinds on the islands.
According to the Navy Region 4 Command, in recent years, the movement to plant, care for, and protect trees has always been actively and enthusiastically participated by officers and soldiers in the Truong Sa island district.
Officers, soldiers and people on Da Tay Island respond to Tree Planting Festival.
(Photo: CPV)
On November 28, 1959, President Ho Chi Minh wrote an article in the Nhan dan (People) newspaper stressing the significance of tree planting for each person, each family, and the entire nation.
Since the first tree planting festival was held in the spring of 1960, following the Uncle Ho’s teachings, authorities and sectors from the central to grassroots levels, along with people nationwide, have joined hands in planting trees whenever a new year comes./.
BTA