Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Ngo Sach Thuc speaks at the event (Photo: baotainguyenmoitruong.vn) Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – Religious groups haveproactively joined hands in environmental protection and response to climatechange, heard a national conference held in the central province of ThuaThien-Hue on October 14-15.
They have engaged in a coordination programme signed with the VietnamFatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee and the Ministry of Natural Resourcesand Environment in 2015 to promote the role of religious groups in protectingthe environment during 2015-2020.
The groups have issued documents, messages, programmes and plans calling their followersto actively participate in environmental protection and climate change responsecampaigns. Dignitaries have enhanced communication work to raise followers’awareness of environmental protection during festivals, religious practices,and training courses, among others.
To date, more than 1,000 piloted environmental protection models have been setup by religions with the support of the VFF and the environment ministry tomitigate damage caused by natural disasters.
At the conference, Vice Chairman of the VFF Central Committee Ngo Sach Thuclaid stress on the importance of the Party, State and people’s engagement in environmentalprotection work, saying the coordination programme has achieved positiveresults and created a radical change in awareness of organisations and peoplefrom all walks of life.
As the programme still shows its limitation, the conference, which had plenary anddiscussion sessions, would focus on orientation, plans and commitments of thereligious groups to promote the coordination programme, he added.
According to Thuc, after four-year implementation of the progamme, all 63localities nationwide have signed the programmes with the VFF, and local naturalresources and environment sectors and religious groups./.
They have engaged in a coordination programme signed with the VietnamFatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee and the Ministry of Natural Resourcesand Environment in 2015 to promote the role of religious groups in protectingthe environment during 2015-2020.
The groups have issued documents, messages, programmes and plans calling their followersto actively participate in environmental protection and climate change responsecampaigns. Dignitaries have enhanced communication work to raise followers’awareness of environmental protection during festivals, religious practices,and training courses, among others.
To date, more than 1,000 piloted environmental protection models have been setup by religions with the support of the VFF and the environment ministry tomitigate damage caused by natural disasters.
At the conference, Vice Chairman of the VFF Central Committee Ngo Sach Thuclaid stress on the importance of the Party, State and people’s engagement in environmentalprotection work, saying the coordination programme has achieved positiveresults and created a radical change in awareness of organisations and peoplefrom all walks of life.
As the programme still shows its limitation, the conference, which had plenary anddiscussion sessions, would focus on orientation, plans and commitments of thereligious groups to promote the coordination programme, he added.
According to Thuc, after four-year implementation of the progamme, all 63localities nationwide have signed the programmes with the VFF, and local naturalresources and environment sectors and religious groups./.
VNA