Hanoi launches Green Innovation Awards

December 15, 2015 | 10:41

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On December 14, the Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union launched the first Green Innovation Awards in Hanoi.

The awards is designed for three groups- primary and secondary students; high school students; and college, university students and those aged between 19 and 30 years with the aim of looking to seek, introduce, and popularise outstanding initiatives and models on environmental protection and sustainable development.

The entries will focus on energy saving, environmentally-friendly products, biodiversity preservation, waste recycling and treatment, policy solutions, environment education, and application of information-technology in environmental protection and management.

Thirty excellent entries at the qualifying round will be picked out for the finale. Each group will be presented with one first prize, two second prizes, three third prizes, and four consolation prizes, worth totally US$5,896.

The prize-presenting ceremony is scheduled to take place in September at a locality to be selected to host the campaign “making the world cleaner” 2016.

FrieslandCampina Vietnam, which is well known for such brands as Dutch Lady, Friso, Yomost and Fristi, will be the main sponsor of the programme.

The youngsters in Vietnam make up around 40% of the country’s population, who are expected to make significant contributions to the local socio-economic development, especially in environmental protection and sustainable development.

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