(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s Party and State are developing important plans to continue protecting the environment, said Le Ba Trinh, Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, on Tuesday in Hanoi at a meeting to mark World Environment Day on June 5, World Oceans Day on June 8, and the Vietnam Sea and Island Week.  

Various activities are underway to raise public and managers’ awareness of the importance of sea and ocean in life (photo:baoyenbai.com.vn)

He said the VFF is tasked with running a special program to mobilize people nationwide to join activities to protect the environment as part the National Environmental Protection Strategy until 2010 with a vision to 2020.  

Various activities are underway to raise public and managers’ awareness of the importance of sea and ocean in life. This year’s World Environment Day is themed “Seven Billion Dreams, One Planet, Consume with Care”, while World Oceans Day has the theme “Healthy oceans, healthy planet”.