THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
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Igniting Green Restaurant Campaign in Nam Định
VGP – The Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) has recently launched a “Green Restaurant” campaign in the Red River Delta province of Nam Định to encourage, from now until the end of June, 150 restaurants here to stop serving wild animals and plants.
The campaign is implemented by the Blue and Green Club with
the assistance of the Nam Định Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
It is part of the “Change behavior, stop consuming wildlife animal products”
Project of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Southeast Asian Wildlife Trade
Monitoring Network TRAFFIC.
40 volunteers have been recruited to personally drop by 150
restaurants and encourage their owners to stop putting wildlife on their menus,
club Director Phạm Đình Ngọc reported.
“Green Restaurant” campaign was successfully carried out in Hà
Nội in 2009 with over 160 restaurants in the city had pledged not to sell
products made from wild animals and plants.
Meanwhile, the WWF hopes that the campaign will be launched
in other localities nationwide, and even over the world.