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| Residents of Dak Lua commune travel along a green, clean, and beautiful road. Photo: Van Truyen. |
The models and movements implemented through the positive actions of each individual are being enthusiastically embraced by the people of Dong Nai , thereby creating a beautiful community atmosphere in each residential area and fostering a friendly and close-knit community image.
Beautifying the residential area
The first effect that the Environmental Protection Self-Managed Residential Area model brings is to beautify each village, hamlet, and neighborhood, thereby contributing to improving the quality of life of each family.
For example, at the memorial stele area recording the names of martyrs in Bu Lu village, Bu Gia Map border commune, every day the people living around here remind each other to clean up the dust, sweep dry leaves, and clean up the trash around the stele area; reminding their children and grandchildren to show respect, not to encroach but to protect the stele and artifacts.
Thanks to that, even though there is no one directly looking after it every day, every hour, the gate of the stele house is always open for people to come and offer incense, because each family living around there has a "camera" to protect and preserve this stele house, the inside and outside of the stele house are always kept clean.
In addition to residential areas, religious establishments have also actively implemented models of environmental protection and response to climate change. Thereby, in the period of 2024-2025, Dong Nai Catholics have contributed more than 9.7 billion VND to build concrete roads, build bridges, install lighting, plant and take care of trees to create landscapes in residential areas and parishes. Dong Nai Buddhism alone has deployed the model of Environmental Protection - Creating a Sustainable Future with 154 forms implemented at places of worship associated with planting trees to create green spaces, releasing fish, maintaining hygiene inside and outside the worship area, green Buddhist families...
Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh (resident of Bu Lu village) said: "With the attention from the government, the people here regularly spend time visiting the memorial every day to offer incense. In addition, thanks to the spacious and clean surroundings, the area outside the memorial is where people frequently gather for activities every morning and evening. This contributes to creating a beautiful community atmosphere in showing gratitude and building a healthy living environment."
In Dak Lua commune, residents regularly dedicate two hours each weekend morning to tending to the flowerbeds and lawns along the rural roads in their residential areas. Initially, only the heads of the hamlets participated, but gradually, whenever the hamlet committee cleaned up, residents eagerly awaited to help, including many young people and students. During the dry season, each household took responsibility for watering the plants to maintain the greenery. As a result, many residential areas in the locality have beautiful landscapes.
Ms. Hoang Ngoc Le Na (a young woman from Hamlet 4, Dak Lua Commune) said: "The time I and others spend caring for the trees, lawns, and cleaning the roads once a week is very little, but the results make everyone happy. Many trees and flowerbeds along the roadside have become places for groups of friends to take souvenir photos when they come to the commune for recreation. At the same time, many groups of friends also choose beautiful scenic sections of the road to take pictures and 'show off' their place of residence on social media."
Protect the landscape to attract tourists
In many localities with sightseeing and tourist areas, the proactive implementation of the model of Self-managed Residential Areas to protect the environment by local people also contributes to attracting tourists to come and experience.
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| People from Tho Son commune perform folk dances at the Bu Lach grassland in Tho Son commune, one of the beautiful landscapes that attract tourists to visit. |
According to Mr. Dieu Khue, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Tho Son commune, Bu Lach grassland - consisting of 20 grasslands, in Tho Son commune is one of the beautiful landscapes that attracts tourists to visit and helps people enjoy a fresh environment. To preserve this "green gem", people from 18 villages in the commune have jointly committed to preserving the natural grass carpet and surrounding forests by cleaning up every week and planting trees to create a landscape on the road leading to this tourist destination. Each individual has a friendly and enthusiastic attitude in communicating and behaving in the community and with tourists. This has attracted people from all over to visit, thereby creating job opportunities for people.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Yen, a member of a kite-flying club from Ho Chi Minh City, shared: “The natural scenery is beautiful and unique, the air is fresh, there are many tourists but there is almost no household waste. The road leading to Bu Lach grassland is paved, but importantly, the people living along both sides of the road, even in commercial areas, do not encroach on the road, and there are no piles of garbage along the road like in many other places. When we need to communicate, the local people are enthusiastic and helpful.”
According to Nguyen Thi Hong Tham, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Bom Bo commune, Bom Bo commune has 16 villages with over 27,000 people belonging to 22 ethnic groups. During the implementation of the "National Solidarity Movement for Building New Rural Areas and Civilized Urban Areas," the commune's Fatherland Front organized the "Green - Clean - Beautiful" movement in residential areas, encouraging agencies, religious establishments, households, and communities to plant flowers, trees, and ornamental plants, and to build flower walls, flower fences, and flower-lined roads. People have planted over 4,500 perennial trees to provide shade.
Furthermore, due to the locality having many streams, the Fatherland Front and other organizations mobilize the people to protect the environment, collect and process waste, dredge and clear waterways, and build roads along the streams to prevent flooding and create conditions for production development. At the same time, as the commune has 65% of its working-age population engaged in agriculture, the Fatherland Front and hamlet committees always remind people not to let trees extend their branches onto the road, obstructing visibility and creating obstacles that endanger traffic participants. This contributes to creating a green, clean, beautiful, and safe environment for the people, especially for tourists traveling to the Soc Bom Bo Historical Site.
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