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RoK firm-funded campaign helps clean Mekong River

A campaign was launched on June 5 in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long to collect waste and clean the Mekong River, using solar-powered vessels funded by Hanwha Group of the Republic of Korea (RoK).
RoK firm-funded campaign helps clean Mekong River ảnh 1At the launching ceremony (Source: VNA)

VinhLong (VNA) - A campaign was launched on June 5 in the Mekong Deltaprovince of Vinh Long to collect waste and clean the Mekong River, using solar-poweredvessels funded by Hanwha Group of the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Dozensof thousands of volunteers collected waste along the river banks to reduce waterpollution caused by floating waste in the river.

Additionally, Hanwha also held a communication campaign on the social network toraise public awareness on environmental pollution.

At the launching ceremony, Hanwha handed over the two solar-powered vesselsworth about 2.5 billion VND (107,000 USD) to the provincial People’s Committee.

The vessels will be used for cleaning the Mekong River section running through VinhLong city, without emitting more greenhouse gases or other pollutants.

Vinh Long is the first locality to receive the ship of this kind for the work.Hanwha plans to expand its campaign to other localities if the work proves effectivein Vinh Long.

Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Hoang Tuu said thelocality will continue communication campaigns to raise public awareness of theimportance of environmental protection, and pay attention to applying scienceand technologies in waste treatment and producing environmentally friendlyproducts. -VNA
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