The call to clean up the beach by a Russian tourist was responded to by tens of foreign tourists, local people, and the staff of a nearby resort.
After posting photos of a beach in Mui Ne (Phan Thiet) flooded with rubbish on her Facebook, a Russian tourist named Oksana Pavlova also urged people to join her to clean up the beach.
Many foreign travelers immediately responded to Oksana’s call.
On June 2 afternoon, tens of people cleaned the beach.
According to Nguyen Gia Tu, a local man, volunteers were divided into two groups to collect rubbish alogn the beach.
People used hoes and their hands to collect waste. Most of the foreigners were Russian, British and French living or traveling in Mui Ne.
The owner of a sailing training center rented a truck to transport tons of garbage from the coast to a dumping ground.
Garbage was put in plastic bag and small sacks. The campaign continued the next day.
