Environmental Awards offered 42 groups & 10 individuals

The Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s Committee in collaboration with Department of Environment & Nature Resources and Sai Gon Giai Phong Newspaper held the award ceremony of Ho Chi Minh City Environment Awards’ 2014 on December 19.

The Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s Committee in collaboration with Department of Environment & Nature Resources and Sai Gon Giai Phong Newspaper held the award ceremony of Ho Chi Minh City Environment Awards’ 2014 on December 19.

Accordingly, 42 groups and individuals were offered the City Environment Awards. The award is aimed to honor outstanding groups and individuals in protecting environment.

Dressing the ceremony, Deputy Chairman of the city’s people’s committee Nguyen Huu Tin said that this is the fourth year which the city has implemented the campaign of Social-Economic Development for the 2011-2020 periods. The city will continue to prove its potentials; deploy and concretize the government’s policies & guidelines; contribute to stabilize macroscopic economy; control inflation and carry out the city’s six breakthrough programs.

Of these, the most important thing is to reduce environmental pollution.