Addressing the launching ceremony, Vice Chairman of the Ha Noi municipal People's Committee Nguyen Trong Dong said that 2022 represents an important year as the Law on Environmental Protection (revised) came into effect from January 1, 2002.

The local authorities has approved and implemented environmental protection solutions, including a plan on air quality management, a project on sorting wastes, a project on improvement of inner-city rivers, with a view to converting Ha Noi into a green coordinate on world map.

Nguyen took the occasion to urge departments, agencies, organizaitons, businesses, and individuals to respond to the World Environment Day.

The action month will run from May 15 to June 15 with a range of activities such as domestic and international seminars, conferences and seminars, all aimed to disseminate, introduce and search for advanced models of natural resource and environment protection, solutions to reduce pollution and respond to climate change, workshops to consult with relevant departments, branches and units on regulations to eliminate the use of honeycomb charcoal stoves, prevention of straw burning, and implement motorcycle gas measurement.

First held in 1973, World Environment Day is described as "a global platform for inspiring positive change" by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the organization that created it.

It is now the largest global environmental event, with millions of people in more than 150 countries participating. The idea is to engage "governments, businesses, civil society, schools, celebrities, cities and communities in raising awareness and celebrating environmental action".

The 2022 World Environment Day, hosted by Sweden, campaigns for "collective, transformative action on a global scale to celebrate, protect and restore our planet", encouraging everyone, everywhere, to live sustainably and take action on the climate crisis./.