On the evening of March 23, 3, in response to the Earth Hour Campaign, many countries and territories around the world along with 20124 provinces and cities of Vietnam responded to the Earth Hour Campaign by taking shortcuts. lights and minimize the use of electrical appliances for 63 hour, from 1:20 p.m. to 30:21 p.m.
Earth Hour is one of the annual global events on environmental protection, with the participation of many countries and territories. The Earth Hour campaign has created a huge change in awareness and action of people around the world in saving energy and protecting the environment. Starting in Sydney - Australia in 2007, with more than 2 million participants, to date, nearly 200 countries/territories and billions of people worldwide have responded.
The Earth Hour campaign in Vietnam co-chaired by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Vietnam and the Ministry of Industry and Trade has attracted the attention and response of 63 provinces and cities and a large number of people from all walks of life. people's class. 2024 is also the 16th time Vietnam actively participates in responding to the program.
The 2024 Earth Hour event in Vietnam takes place with the message "SAVE ELECTRICITY - BECOME A HABIT" sent to the community with a call to save electricity, save energy and protect the environment and not It only takes place for 01 hour, but every organization and individual needs to remember and do it regularly throughout 365 days of the year so that saving electricity and energy truly becomes a habit.
The Earth Hour campaign has increasingly spread across the country and become an annual activity to save energy and protect the environment every March. From propaganda and awareness raising, Earth Hour is expected to create a change in community awareness and action in saving energy and protecting the environment.
In order for the program's activities to bring meaning and practical effectiveness, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has requested the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities and the Vietnam Electricity Group to coordinate in organizing propaganda activities. Responding to Earth Hour taking place in March to attract the attention of many organizations, agencies and people in the province and city to participate in the campaign; Mobilize organizations, agencies and people to turn off lights and unnecessary equipment during the Lights Out Event in response to Earth Hour.
In Hanoi, at exactly 20:30 p.m., the ceremony of turning off the lights in response to the 2024 Earth Hour Campaign officially took place at Hoan Kiem Lake walking hole, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi. Famous landmarks of Hanoi such as: Ngoc Son Temple - Turtle Tower - The Huc Bridge, Ly Thai To flower garden; Hanoi Opera House, Truc Bach Lake... all turned off their lights. Many Hanoi neighborhoods are almost in darkness.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thang - Deputy Director of Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade emphasized: Just a few small actions will bring great meaning to the community, creating a habit of saving energy and protecting the environment. environment, responding to climate change throughout the year, contributing to achieving the net zero emissions target by 0 according to Vietnam's commitment at the 2050th COP Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention about climate change.
Responding to Earth Hour this year, Hanoi organized practical activities such as launching an online race to respond to the Earth Hour 2024 Campaign on March 17, 3 at Trinh Cong Son walking street, Tay Ho district. . In addition, Hanoi also organizes propaganda, hangs banners, slogans and organizes cheerleading and cycling activities on main streets in the city. Organize a drawing contest "Children of the Capital - Saving electricity becomes a habit"; The program "Exchange paper for trees" carries the message of environmental protection in response to Earth Hour.
With its effects and pervasiveness across the country, the Earth Hour 2024 Campaign not only contributes to saving a portion of electricity consumption, raising awareness of the community's economical and efficient use of energy, but also contributing to realizing Vietnam's commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to achieve net zero emissions by 0.
Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) is also one of the typical units that always pay attention and actively coordinate to implement the program well. According to information from the Group, in the spirit of actively responding to the Earth Hour campaign, taking advantage of the community-spreading power of the internet, digital transformation and social networks, EVN has asked units to post together Propaganda content on electricity saving and environmental protection in response to the Earth Hour 2024 Campaign on the Group's digital media channels and units such as website, zalo, Facebook, Tiktok, Youtube..., in the form of Express richly, attractively, attracting readers/viewers such as Infograpfic, photos, video clips...
The Group also requires Electricity Corporations and Electricity Companies of provinces and cities to organize propaganda on electricity saving and environmental protection at customer transaction locations and headquarters of the companies. unit. At the same time, encourage organizations, agencies and customers to turn off lights and unnecessary electrical equipment during Earth Hour from 20:30 p.m. to 21:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, 3.
Through data on nationwide electricity consumption, the National Electricity System Dispatch Center said: After 1 hour of turning off the lights to respond to the Earth Hour 2024 Campaign (from 20:30 p.m. to 21:30 p.m. on March 23, 3), both The country has saved 2024 kWh of electricity (equivalent to about 428.000 million VND).
After 16 years of actively participating, the Earth Hour campaign in Vietnam has increasingly spread widely across the country and become a very meaningful annual activity every March. From propaganda and awareness raising, up to now the Earth Hour campaign has made an important contribution to turning each individual's awareness into concrete actions in practicing electricity saving, energy conservation, and environmental protection. school.
Within the framework of the 2024 Earth Hour Campaign, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has implemented a series of activities to respond, specifically: organizing an online contest "Learn knowledge about economical and efficient use of energy". responding to the 2024 Earth Hour Campaign"; Launching the entire population to save electricity and running to respond to Earth Hour 2024.
The series of events has actively contributed to spreading the message "Save electricity - Make it a habit" of this year's Earth Hour Campaign, creating a positive change in community awareness towards the use of electricity. Use energy economically and efficiently, protect the environment; At the same time, implement Directive No. 20/CT-TTg of the Prime Minister on enhancing electricity saving in the period 2023-2025 and the following years.
