Launching the "Tree Planting Festival in Eternal Gratitude to President Ho Chi Minh" at the Hung Temple National Special Historical Relic Site.

On February 3rd, at the Hung Temple National Special Historical Site (Viet Tri City, Phu Tho Province), the launching ceremony of the "Tree Planting Festival in Eternal Gratitude to President Ho Chi Minh" for the Spring of the Year of the Snake 2025 took place.

Chairman of the People's Committee of Phu Tho province, Bui Van Quang, speaks at the tree planting launch ceremony. Photo: Toan Hung.

The launching ceremony was attended by leaders of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Committee, leaders of various departments and agencies of Phu Tho province, and hundreds of local people and volunteers.

At the launching ceremony, Chairman of the People's Committee of Phu Tho province, Bui Van Quang, affirmed: Along with the whole country, the "Tree Planting Festival in eternal remembrance of Uncle Ho" every spring has become a tradition, custom, and cultural beauty, a mass movement widely implemented by the Party Committee, Government, and people of all ethnic groups in Phu Tho province. This activity has profound significance, demonstrating the determination to study and follow President Ho Chi Minh 's call for the Tree Planting Festival; it is also a concrete and practical action, showing Phu Tho province's determination in preserving nature, developing and protecting forests, protecting the ecological environment, and ensuring a sustainable living environment for today and tomorrow…

Phu Tho Provincial Party Secretary Bui Minh Chau and leaders plant trees at the Hung Temple National Special Historical Relic Site. Photo by Toan Hung.

According to Mr. Bui Van Quang, in recent years, the tree planting and reforestation movement in Phu Tho province has been widely implemented and achieved positive results. On average, the province plants over 9,000 hectares of concentrated forest and 2 million scattered trees annually. Income from forestry is increasing. The movement to plant green trees and shade trees in urban areas, agencies, schools, and transportation routes is becoming increasingly effective; contributing to the protection and improvement of the ecological environment, enhancing the landscape, mitigating natural disasters, and making a positive contribution to socio-economic development and the construction of new rural areas.

The tree planting ceremony attracted a large number of participants. Photo: Toan Hung.

In its socio-economic development planning and strategy, Phu Tho province has always prioritized ensuring harmonious development between the economy and the protection of resources and the environment; transforming its growth model towards increased efficiency and added value, linked with green growth; creating a sustainable living environment and a high quality of life for its people, while ensuring the sustainable use of resources and ecosystems and promoting the cultural values ​​of the ancestral land.

Chairman of the People's Committee of Phu Tho province, Bui Van Quang, and students in the province plant trees. Photo: Toan Hung.

To ensure the "Tree Planting Festival in Eternal Gratitude to Uncle Ho" movement in 2025 achieves practical results, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Phu Tho province calls on all levels, sectors, localities, agencies, businesses, armed forces, and people of all ethnic groups in the province to continue to widely disseminate information about the great benefits of planting trees and forests; to clearly understand their responsibility to protect the ecological environment. Actively participate in planting trees and forests; strive to complete and exceed the target of planting over 9,000 hectares of concentrated forest; plant and transform 2,500 hectares of large timber trees, and plant scattered green trees with over 2 million trees. Continue to do a good job of managing, protecting, and developing natural forests, watershed protection forests, and special-use forests associated with the development of ecotourism; promote intensive cultivation of production forests, improve productivity, quality, and economic efficiency in forestry production and hill and forest economy.

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