A campaign called “For a green Ha Long” was launched at Vung Vieng fishing village, Quang Ninh Province on March 2, 2008.
The campaign is to encourage local people and nearby businesses to collect litter and protect the appearance of Ha Long Bay, especially in the residential area. The campaign was held by Ha Long Administrative Board, in association with three tourist companies Indochina Junk, Footprint and Tropical Sail. From now until 2010, the campaign will focus on improving the environment of fishing villages in Ha Long Bay. It will have survey to evaluate the impact of activities of tourist fleets to Ha Long Bay enviroment, offer job orientation and build floating schools for local people living on the bay. On this day, the campaign gave 50 plastic rubbish bins to families living at Vung Vieng village. In 2008, it will build a floating school valued at VND250 million in an effort to replace the existing one at Vung Vieng this year. Vinaphone has also officially announced that they will join voting for Ha Long Bay to be added as a new wonder of the world by sending 10 million advertising messages to Vinaphone’s users to encourage them to vote for Ha Long Bay on www.new7wonders.com.
