The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment issued a press release yesterday on “Clean Up the World Campaign” to be organised in Ho Chi Minh City on September 17.

A sanitation worker collecting the garbage, bring cleaning for the city (Photo: U. Phuong)

This year’s event themed “Our Place-Our Planet-Our Responsibility” will emphasise on how local action undertaken by every volunteer and community partaking in “Clean Up the World Campaign” can make a huge difference in our environment.

The campaign is expected to attract around 5,000 people who will take part in a variety of activities such as visual displays on protecting the environment, seminars and promotional programmes such as not using plastic bags, waste treatment techniques and dredging of canals in the city.

The “Clean Up the World Campaign Weekend” is held on the 3rd weekend of September each year in many nations across the globe.