Earth Hour campaign 2017 to be held
VGP - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has held a ceremony to launch the 2017 Earth Hour campaign in Viet Nam with the message ‘Lights off to turn on the future’.
March 23, 2017 2:41 PM GMT+7
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The ceremony was attended by the ambassadors of the Earth Hour 2017 Campaign in Viet Nam, leaders of Viet Nam Electricity Group, EVN HANOI and 300 employees of EVN HANOI.
According to EVN HANOI, local residents will be encouraged to turn off unnecessary electric devices from 20:00 - 21:30 p.m on March 25, and a switch-off ceremony is scheduled to be held at the August Revolutionary Square.
Being held in 63 cities and provinces across the country, this year’s campaign includes activities to encourage businesses, households and schools to save and use power effectively.
Cycling and running events will take place alongside to promote this year’s campaign.
Activities connecting businesses and the Earth Hour 2017 Campaign will be organised in Ha Noi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City to call on 2,000 businesses to commit to saving power and becoming this year’ campaigners.
Earth Hour, organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), is a worldwide grassroots movement uniting people to protect the planet.
Earth Hour campaign was first launched in Viet Nam in 2009.
By Vien Nhu
