Implement activities towards a green and clean earth

Young people of Bac Kan province participate in cleaning up garbage and protecting the Cau River

World Water Day 2025, March 22, was launched by the United Nations with the theme “ Glacierpreservation” to raise global awareness of the important role of glaciers, snow and ice in the Earth’s climate system and hydrological cycle. World Water Day 2025 also encourages the exchange of knowledge and best practices related to glacier conservation and adaptation strategies.

According to a United Nations report, glaciers and ice sheets currently store about 70% of the world's fresh water, and nearly 2 billion people rely on water from glaciers, snowmelt, and mountain runoff for their daily needs, agricultural production, and energy. Melting glaciers have led to sea levels rising about 20 cm higher than in 1900, posing many water resource risks to communities, affecting many sectors and impacting the global economy.

In Vietnam, water resources depend heavily on international water sources and are facing challenges in water security due to upstream countries. Therefore, integrated water resources management by river basin, unifying quantity and quality, surface water and groundwater, upstream and downstream are basic and optimal principles that Vietnam and other countries in the world are still applying in water resources management. Based on the world's propaganda theme and the current situation, in 2025, Vietnam's water resources sector will focus on the content of "Conservation and restoration of rivers" to adapt to the situation of degraded, depleted and polluted water sources. In addition, cooperation with countries in the region to manage water resources in a balanced, unified and synchronous manner, ensuring water security, meeting socio-economic development goals and sustainable development, contributing to solving the global water crisis.

World Meteorological Day March 23, 2025 was launched by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) with the theme "Closing the Early Warning Gap Together" - "Joining hands for a comprehensive early warning system" to call on countries around the world to strengthen national capacity and promote cooperation at all levels, ensuring that the early warning system operates effectively from the global to the local scale, contributing to shortening the gap in forecasting and warning of natural disasters, helping policy makers focus on risk reduction and community protection; helping communities easily access and proactively take early action, contributing to protecting the fruits of people's labor and production, building a safe and sustainable world against natural disasters.

The Earth Hour 2025 campaign was launched by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) with the theme “Green Transition - Green Future” emphasizing the determination to transform strongly and comprehensively, promoting the green transition process with green economic models, green lifestyles, green consumption; calling on the whole society, including communities and businesses, to take practical actions for a green future and sustainable development. Earth Hour 2025 will take place from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 22.

In response to these important events, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and the Provincial People's Committee request agencies, units and localities to pay attention to directing and organizing practical, effective activities in accordance with the themes of World Water Day, World Meteorological Day and Earth Hour Campaign in 2025.

Propaganda and raising awareness of the community, people and businesses about the purpose, meaning and theme of World Water Day, World Meteorological Day and Earth Hour Campaign 2025 on mass media.

Organize activities such as seminars, symposiums, scientific workshops, competitions, painting and photo exhibitions to propagate, raise awareness, call for attention from all levels, sectors, localities, organizations, businesses and the community on the importance of water resources for humans and ecosystems, on the role and practical and effective solutions, join hands to protect and restore rivers; the role and importance of hydrometeorology in proactively forecasting, early warning, timely with high reliability, actively and effectively supporting the reduction of natural disaster risks, and adaptation to climate change. At the same time, communicate about green transformation, green economic models, green consumption, green and healthy lifestyles; raise the sense of responsibility of the community in using energy economically, saying no to illegal consumption and use of wildlife.

Coordinate with news agencies to increase broadcasting time; promote the application of technology and effective online communication methods to promote the role and importance of water resources, protection and restoration of rivers, weather and climate, exploit and use forecasting information, early warning, impact forecasting, climate change adaptation, greenhouse gas emission reduction, transformation to green, circular and sustainable economic models, energy saving, biodiversity conservation, contributing to promoting the implementation of the millennium goals, socio-economic development, environmental protection within the river basin, national and global scope.

Disseminate and popularize the Law on Water Resources 2023 and Decrees and Circulars guiding the implementation of the Law to ensure that new legal policies on water resources are effectively implemented; develop plans and organize the implementation of tasks and projects to protect, exploit and sustainably use water resources, in accordance with assigned functions and tasks; promote international cooperation in the management and use of transboundary water resources; comprehensively manage river basin water resources; manage activities of exploiting and effectively using water resources, ensuring water security.

Strengthen consultation and coordination with localities to mobilize investment resources, enhance capacity, and modernize specialized monitoring systems. Strengthen monitoring and closely supervise hydrometeorological and natural disaster developments nationwide, ensure reliable forecasts, and promptly provide detailed news to central and local agencies and media, effectively serving the direction of disaster prevention, avoidance, and mitigation, and socio-economic development at national and local levels.

Develop and perfect institutions, policies, and legal documents on climate change response; implement the Climate Change Response Action Plan for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050; implement projects to enhance climate resilience; encourage businesses to conduct greenhouse gas inventories, reduce emissions, and develop energy-saving public lighting systems...

Strengthening nature-based solutions to adapt to climate change, protect water resources, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, green transformation, equitable energy transition associated with ensuring food security, developing green transport systems; restoring natural ecosystems, developing low-emission smart agricultural systems.

Timely detect, commend, encourage and reward organizations and individuals with outstanding achievements in applying initiatives and technological solutions to effectively manage and use natural resources, protect the environment and adapt to climate change.

Agencies, organizations, and individuals together organize activities to respond to the Earth Hour Campaign worldwide by turning off lights and unnecessary electrical equipment from 20:30 to 21:30, Saturday, March 22, 2025; regularly and continuously maintain the habit of using energy efficiently and economically, associated with conserving energy resources from industrial production, trade and services, transportation, agricultural, forestry, fishery, and aquaculture production to household consumption to balance greenhouse gas emissions reduction and aim for the maximum conversion to renewable energy.

Some propaganda slogans:

World Water Day

Use water resources reasonably for sustainable development.

If we all share, everyone will have access to water.

Water security is the foundation of peace and prosperity for every nation.

Cutting greenhouse gas emissions helps slow the melting of ice.

Conserving glaciers is essential and urgent to ensure a sustainable future for all.

Glaciers and ice sheets store about 70% of the fresh water needed by humans.

World Meteorological Day

Working together for a comprehensive early warning system.

Together we close the gap in early warning - saving lives.

Closing the gap in early warning for a sustainable future.