A ceremony was held by the Khanh Hoa Provincial Farmers' Association on February 20 in Van Thanh commune, Van Ninh district to launch a Tree Planting Festival to be eternally grateful to Uncle Ho on the occasion of Lunar New Year of Dragon 2024.
Farmers in Khanh Son district plant tree at the launching ceremony (Photo: hoinongdankhanhhoa.org.vn)
According to the Khanh Hoa Provincial Farmers' Association, in order to create a vibrant competitive atmosphere in the early days of spring, farmers in the province will plant 40,000 trees for the program “Tree planting festival in eternal gratitude to Uncle Ho".
The program is associated with the Project "Planting one billion new trees in the period 2021 - 2025" according to Decision No. 524 by the Prime Minister on April 1, 2021 in Khanh Hoa province.
Previously, at the launching ceremony of the program "Tree planting festival in eternal gratitude to Uncle Ho", Mr. Nguyen Tan Tuan, Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee, said that in recent years, climate change and natural disasters become more complex, with extreme and unusual weather factors that have greatly affected all aspects of socio-economic life, the environment and ecosystems, threatening the sustainable development of the country.
Therefore, promoting forest development and planting more trees are an effective solution, an extremely important and necessary action to ensure the sustainable socio-economic and environmental development of Khanh Hoa province, he said./.
BTA