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President launches tree planting festival in Phu Tho

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 6 launched a tree planting festival at the Hung Kings Temple relic site in the northern province of Phu Tho on the occasion of the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).
President launches tree planting festival in Phu Tho ảnh 1President Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the launch ceremony (Photo: VNA)

Phu Tho (VNA) – President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 6 launcheda tree planting festival at the Hung Kings Temple relic site in the northern province of PhuTho on the occasion of the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).

In his speech, President Phuc said forest planting andprotection play an increasingly important role. It is an urgent task of strategic significance to people’s lives and sustainable national development.

He asked for seriously following Directive No.13-CT/TW of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat on strengthening the Party leadership on forest management,protection and development and forestry laws. Departments and agencies wereurged to launch tree planting emulation campaigns, especially the planting of protectiveforests in border, coastal and island areas.

The President called for further attention to using advancedtechnology in the effort, developing forest environment services and ecologicaltourism, preserving biodiversity to stay self-sufficient with over 80 percentof raw wood materials being used for export, thus turning Vietnam into a hubfor timber production and export.

According to him, Vietnam will plant 204.5 million trees eachyear on average from 2022-2025. He also took the occasion to urge the entirepeople to contribute to the 1 billion tree growing programme during 2021-2025.

The leader also asked Phu Tho to plant at least 2 million greentrees as scheduled this year.

President launches tree planting festival in Phu Tho ảnh 2President Nguyen Xuan Phuc plants a tree at the relic site (Photo: VNA)

Following the launch ceremony, President Phuc, together withleaders of several ministries, agencies and localities and people, planted treesat the relic site./.

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