Raise public awareness of environment in the next 5 years
Ha Noi, April 24 (VNA) -- Viet Nam plans to raise environmental awareness for between 75 and 80 percent of the population and mobilize about 70 percent of them to participate in environment activities in localities in the 2001-2005 period.
To do so, Viet Nam will provide information on the Party and State's environment policies to at least 90 percent of the population from now to 2005.
The targets were set forth at a seminar held in Ha Noi on Apr. 23 on environmental information for the next five years.
Papers presented at the seminar dealt with environmental information and education according to ecological and residential areas. They focused on increasing environmental knowledge for communal leading officials, policy makers, chiefs of villages, heads of social organizations and leaders of enterprises with a view to helping them disseminate environmental information and protection to the community.
Environmental information and education have been considered a top solution for environmental protection in Viet Nam. In fact, activities in the field have made remarkable contributions to environmental protection in recent years.--VNA
