The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) officially launched the 2013 Earth Hour campaign in Hanoi on February 25.
MoIT Deputy Minister Le Duong Quang explained Earth Hour is a social event that earned widespread international support.
It aims to raise awareness about the importance of energy conservation by urging people to switch off lights and unnecessary electric appliances for one hour and join in various activities promoting environmental consciousness and climate change amelioration.
In past years, the campaign has significantly deepened the Vietnamese public’s understandings of the causes of climate change and its potentially dire repercussions. Inefficient energy use is considered one of the issue’s major contributing factors.
Quang said the 2012 Earth Hour helped save 546,000 kWh, worth an equivalent VND700 million.
The MoIT is encouraging individuals, families, and enterprises to unite in the fight against climate change, practically demonstrating their support by turning off lights and electric devices from 20h30–21h30 on Earth Hour Day (March 23).
Earth Hour campaign launched in Hanoi
The Ministry of Industry and Trade officially launched the 2013 Earth Hour campaign in Hanoi on February 25.
Source: VOV
