Attending the ceremony and beating the drum to launch the Tree Planting Festival "Forever grateful to Uncle Ho" Spring At Ty 2025 in Chi Lang district, Lang Son province, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in coordination with Lang Son province on the morning of February 5 (ie the 8th day of the Lunar New Year At Ty), President Luong Cuong affirmed that each tree planted is an act of love sent to nature, a priceless gift for future generations.
Also attending were Party Central Committee members: Bui Thanh Son, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Tran Quang Phuong, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly; Le Khanh Hai, Head of the Office of the President; Le Minh Hoan, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development; Pham Tat Thang, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda and Education Commission; Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, Vice President and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam, Deputy Minister of National Defense; representatives of leaders of a number of central ministries, branches and Lang Son province.
Movement Tree Planting Festival "Forever grateful to Uncle Ho" on every occasion Lunar New Year is a meaningful event to encourage and motivate people across the country to start a season of tree planting, afforestation, forest protection and development, and protection of the ecological environment for the rapid and sustainable development of the country. In 2024, despite many difficulties and challenges, negative impacts of climate change, unusual natural disasters, especially storm No. 3 which caused great damage to agricultural and forestry production and people's lives in the storm-hit areas, the whole country has planted 245 thousand hectares of concentrated forests, 130 million scattered trees, contributing to proactively providing raw materials for the processing and export industry; forest coverage rate is maintained at over 42%, forest protection work has positive changes; forest environmental service revenue reached more than 3,400 billion VND (up 10% compared to 2023); The export value of wood and forestry products reached more than 17 billion USD, exceeding the plan by 14%.
Expressing his joy at the launching ceremony of "Tet tree planting to forever remember Uncle Ho" in the Spring of At Ty 2025 held in Chi Lang district - a sacred land associated with the heroic history of the Vietnamese people, on behalf of the leaders of the Party, State, and President, he sent his warmest regards and best wishes for the new year to the people and soldiers of the whole country; the Party Committee, government and people of all ethnic groups in Lang Son province.
Citing the teachings of beloved Uncle Ho: "Spring is the Tree Planting Festival - Making the country more and more Spring", the President affirmed that over the past 65 years, the movement "Tree Planting Festival forever remembers Uncle Ho" every time Tet comes, Spring returns has become a tradition, a good custom of our nation, an activity with profound meaning in protecting and developing the ecological environment, conserving nature, at the same time also showing love for the homeland, respect for traditional cultural values that are promoted and continue to spread strongly in the community.
Emphasizing the results of tree planting and afforestation in the past year, continuing to sow seeds of hope for a greener, more beautiful future, so that Spring will forever be the season of life, development and love in every person and the entire Vietnamese nation, the President highly appreciated and commended the achievements of Lang Son province in particular and the whole country in general in 2024; commended localities, agencies and units that have had many good, practical and effective initiatives and methods in implementing the movement "Tet tree planting to forever remember Uncle Ho" and implementing the project to plant 1 billion trees in the recent past.
The President emphasized that the very important achievements of the economic development process and the industrialization and urbanization process are opening up opportunities and creating a solid foundation for our country to enter a new era - an era of strong and prosperous development; but, at the same time, it also poses great challenges in terms of environmental pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change. The consistent and continuous policy of our Party and State is to aim for rapid and sustainable development, proactively respond to climate change, build a green economy, a circular economy, and be environmentally friendly, develop agriculture and forestry effectively, sustainably, transparently, and responsibly, for a green and prosperous future for our children and grandchildren.
I call on all levels, sectors, organizations, business communities, each family and each citizen to actively participate in the movement of planting trees, afforesting and protecting trees.
President Luong Cuong
On the occasion of this year's Tree Planting Festival, the President called on all levels, sectors, organizations, business communities, each family and each citizen to actively participate in the movement of planting trees, planting forests and protecting green trees. The organization of tree planting must ensure quality, practicality, efficiency, avoid formality; focus on selecting native trees, multi-purpose forestry trees, trees that are resistant to climate change, suitable for the soil conditions and forest planting season of each region, to ensure that after planting, the trees have a high survival rate, grow and develop well.
Affirming that together preserving, protecting and cultivating a green, clean and beautiful environment is not only a movement but also a strong affirmation of responsibility and love for the homeland and country, the President pointed out that every small action - from sowing a seed, planting a tree, to protecting and caring for each forest - are meaningful actions, contributing to creating a green and vibrant future; building a solid foundation for a prosperous Vietnam, in harmony with nature and sustainable on the path of development. Each spring that passes leaves a mark of green shoots of hope, together bringing the country firmly into the "New Era - the Era of striving for development, wealth and prosperity of the Vietnamese people".
Every spring that passes leaves behind green buds of hope, together bringing the country firmly into the "New Era - The Era of striving for development, wealth and prosperity of the Vietnamese people".
President Luong Cuong
The President emphasized that each tree planted is an act of love sent to nature, a priceless gift for future generations, because forests are not only green lungs that bring fresh air, but also a symbol of harmony between humans and Mother Nature, so let's protect and plant more trees together, with all love, gratitude and pride in the eternal beauty of nature.
After beating the drum to launch the Tree Planting Festival, President Luong Cuong, along with delegates, representatives of socio-political organizations and local people, participated in planting trees in the forested hill area of Chien Thang commune, Chi Lang district, Lang Son province.
* Next, the President visited and gave Tet greetings and gifts to officers and soldiers at Battalion 1, Regiment 123, Lang Son Provincial Military Command.
After listening to a summary report on the results of combat readiness training and implementation of other tasks assigned by the Lang Son Provincial Party Committee and Military Region 1, the President highly appreciated the good organization and implementation of the unit's tasks; hoping that with the new spirit of the first days of spring, Battalion 1, Regiment 123, Lang Son Provincial Military Command will continue to promote its tradition, write new pages of history, contribute to beautifying the tradition of the heroic Vietnam People's Army and perform well its functions and tasks: the combat army, the working army and the production labor army.
The President also hopes that the unit's officers and soldiers will continue to unite, overcome all difficulties and excellently complete all assigned tasks.
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