Hanoi young people supported Earth Hour 2010
The board, along with WWF Vietnam expressed their hope that this year's campaign would have a large effect in terms of educating the public and encouraging people to save electricity by turning of their lights and electrical appliances.
Not only does it call on people to save energy on the occasion, but to be more environmentally aware by regularly using electricity-saving bulbs, growing more trees and recycling.
Youtube will support the campaign by featuring a video on which people can share their videos and comments on the question, "What are you willing to do to save our planet?" It is hoped that this will quickly spread to other social networking sites, such as Twitter, Facebook and Google+ to spread the word about the importance of conservation.
This is the third year of Earth Hour in Vietnam, and it is now receiving wide acceptance and support from the Government, NGOs and the public.
In 2009 there were 6 provinces that participated in Earth Hour. This has since risen to 30.
Also, this year, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Ministry of Industry and Trade announced they would co-chair the event. The WWF Vietnam will serve as a consulting agency.
