March 18, 2023 – Hanoi, the Ministry of Industry and Trade organized a public event to announce activities in response to the Earth Hour 2023 Campaign and Launch a Race for Energy Efficiency (R4EE). The event recieved the participation of Leaders of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Representatives of the European Union Delegation to Vietnam, and more than 1,000 officials, civil servants and employees of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and related ministries; representatives of domestic and foreign organizations, production and business enterprises, socio-economic organizations, industry associations, press agencies came to report on the programme.
With the message “Save electricity – Make it a habit”, the event aimed to raise public awareness about energy saving, translating awareness into actions to save electricity as a daily habit towards the goal of NetZero by 2050 as committed by the Government of Vietnam at the COP 26.
Giving a remark at the event, Ms Kritina Bunde, Head of Cooperation Department of the EUD to Vietnam emphasised that the EU very much welcome Vietnam’s commitment to reach Net-zero emissions by 2050. To that end, the European Union is ready to support Vietnam in its process towards a clean, green and sustainable future with financial support and technical expertise on areas like energy efficiency, renewable energy, energy data and energy security. Among those, ‘energy efficiency’ – Saving energy and using energy wisely and efficiently – is one of the core features of the EU Green Deal and EU support for Vietnam. The EU is very happy to support and join with other 1000 runners as setting a great example for a sustainable future of Vietnam and the world.
Recap video of the event. Source: MOIT.
The 2023 earmarked the 15th year that the Ministry of Industry and Trade hosted the Earth Hour Campaign in Vietnam. Earth Hour is an annual international event initiated by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in 2007 and Vietnam officially joined in response to this event in 2009. Earth Hour aims to raise awareness of the public about climate change and energy saving by encouraging households and businesses to turn off electric lights and unnecessary electrical equipment within 60 minutes.
Within the framework of the campaign, the R4EE is organised by the Office of the Steering Committee for Energy Efficiency in collaboration with Industry and Trade Magazine. With a distance of 5 km (equivalent to 3 rounds of Hoan Kiem Lake), the race attracted the participation of more than 1,000 professional and amateur athletes from units under the Ministry of Industry and Trade and related ministries, agencies, national and international organisations, industry associations, businesses, jogging clubs, press agencies and a large number of people in the capital.
The Organizing Committee wishes that through this Race, the participants will not only be a part of this event, but will become ambassadors spreading the strong and vibrant spirit of the message “Save electricity – Make it a habit”, so that 365 days of the year are Earth Hour.
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The program to announce activities in response to the Earth Hour Campaign 2023 and Launch a Run in response to the Earth Hour Campaign 2023 jointly organized by the Office of the Steering Committee for Energy Saving and the Industry and Trade Magazine.
Contributing to the success of the Program, the Organizing Committee would like to express its most sincere thanks to the European Union through the Global Gateway Strategy, and the European Union Delegation to Vietnam for co-sponsoring and accompanying the program.
Besides, the Organizing Committee would also like to thank the companionship of businesses, especially: Hanoi Beer – Alcohol – Beverage Corporation, DAIKIN VIETNAM, Petrolimex Insurance Corporation.
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