The opening ceremony of the exhibition “Vietnamese women protect environment and build a new-model rural countryside”

The exhibition “Vietnamese women protect environment and build a new-model rural countryside” was opened on June 4th 2016 in Ninh Binh province. It is one of a series of activities with the theme:“Religious women in Red River Delta protect the environment contributing to building a new-model rural countryside” co-organized by Vietnamese Women’s Union, the Government Committee for Religious Affairs, and Ninh Binh People’s Committee. The meeting and the exhibition saw the participation of Member of the Party Central Committee cum Chairwoman of the Vietnam Women’s Union Nguyễn Thị Thu Hà; Member of the Party Central Committee cum Secretary of the Ninh Binh provincial Party Committee Nguyen Thi Thanh; and representatives of the Central and local authorities.

The exhibition and series of activities aim to raise awareness and responsibility of the elite women in general and the religious women in particular for environmental protection and adaptation to climate change as well as a response to the World Environmental Day on June 5 and the Clean Up the World Campaign.

The meeting in response to World Environment Day

Chairwoman of the Vietnam Women’s Union Nguyễn Thị Thu Hà spoke at the event: Environmental pollution and climate change cause extreme weather phenomena. Extreme weather which affects ecosystems, environmental resources and human life is one of the biggest challenges in the twenty-first century. Each citizen should make special efforts to protect nature. In recent years, the Vietnamese Women’s Union has organized many activities to mobilize its female members to actively participate in responding to climate change, protecting environmental resources. The religious women are always willing to take part in these activities.
After the meeting, the exhibition “Vietnamese women protect environment and build a new-model rural countryside” was opened. The exhibition has 3 themes: Women and climate change; women protecting the environment; women building a new-model rural countryside. More than 200 photos in the exhibition show the activities in protecting the environment, preventing pollution, transferring new technologies: garbage collection; limitation of plastic bags usage, water supply stations for flood-prone areas, energy saving, mangroves planting. The exhibition stresses a “five ‘no’s, three ‘clean’s family construction” movement associated with building a new-model rural countryside and urban living space determined by the 11th National Women’s Congress (in term 2012-2017), contributing to helping guide women to build a new-model rural countryside.

Delegates visit photo gallery