Earth Hour is an initiative of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to raise public awareness of climate change and energy saving around the world. Over the past years, the Earth Hour campaign in Vietnam organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade has attracted the attention and response of 63 provinces and cities and millions of people across the country.
Thanh Hoa City Electricity turns off all electrical equipment.
Earth Hour is launched annually on the last Saturday of March. This is the 16th year that the Earth Hour Campaign has been implemented in Vietnam in general and in Thanh Hoa province in particular. Earth Hour 2025 carries the message "Green transition - Green future". The program was launched with the desire to launch a movement that has a stronger influence in the community, not only calling on the whole population to save electricity, but also including sustainable energy production activities, increasing the use of renewable energy sources, using products and equipment with high energy efficiency to improve energy efficiency in both economic and environmental aspects.
The lighting system in Lam Son Square and Phan Chu Trinh Street turned off during Earth Hour.
Responding to this program, the Provincial People's Committee issued an official dispatch assigning the Department of Industry and Trade to preside over and coordinate with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Thanh Hoa Newspaper, Thanh Hoa Radio and Television Station, People's Committees of districts, towns and cities, Thanh Hoa Electricity Company and the Center for Industrial Promotion and Energy Saving to launch a communication campaign to call on agencies, units, businesses and all people to turn off lights and unnecessary electrical equipment from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 22.
Responding to the Earth Hour Campaign, from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on March 22, many buildings of agencies, organizations and businesses in the province turned off all lights or turned off unnecessary electrical equipment. In Thanh Hoa City, some roads, parks, entertainment areas, and shopping centers in the wards of Truong Thi, Ham Rong, Dong Huong... also turned off their lights.
On the streets, in addition to the street lighting system, many agencies and businesses also turn off all LED lighting systems, billboard lights, decorative lighting and unnecessary electrical equipment.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan, owner of a souvenir shop on Tong Duy Tan Street, Lam Son Ward (Thanh Hoa City) said: “Through propaganda channels as well as propaganda from electricity officials and Lam Son Ward officials, my family learned about the Earth Hour 2025 Campaign. Accordingly, my family and many businesses on the same street bought candles and prepared some rechargeable lamps to respond to Earth Hour and turn off the lights from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Not only responding to Earth Hour, my family will also implement the electricity saving solutions that have been instructed throughout the 365 days to reduce electricity consumption.”
In response to the program, the Center for Industrial Promotion and Energy Conservation and Thanh Hoa Electricity Company have coordinated to hang banners and slogans to promote organizations and communities to join hands in responding to the program.
It is known that since the Earth Hour campaign was launched, Thanh Hoa province has been one of the pioneering localities responding to this movement, contributing to creating positive changes in people's awareness and actions on energy saving and environmental protection.
The Earth Hour campaign was launched not only to carry the message of saving electricity, saving energy, and protecting the environment for 1 hour, but also to call on the community, businesses, and individuals to regularly use energy economically and effectively, making it a habit in daily life.
Quoc Huong
Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/thanh-hoa-huong-ung-gio-trai-dat-nam-2025-243259.htm
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