Themed “Love our forest, love our planet,” the bike ride focused on raising public awareness of protecting the environment and rare species in Vietnam including tiger, Asian elephant, sea turtle, red head crane and Sao La.
The event attracted more than 1,000 participants from nearly 60 companies, organizations and universities. They were encouraged to finish a trip of nearly ten kilometers and visit booths to get information about the rare species along the way.
Sherry Boger, general manager of Intel Products Vietnam, said the number of participants in this year’s Green Bike event was higher than expected.
Van Ngoc Thinh, country director of the World Wildlife Fund in Vietnam, expected Green Bike would create a long-term effect on environmental protection in the country and its participants would continue their efforts to help protect flagship species and their habitats.
The World Environment Day is the United Nations’ initiative aimed to encourage worldwide awareness and actions for the environment.
This year’s campaign centers to the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. Mare many activities are taking place around the globe, including seminars on raising awareness of environmental protection from small and medium companies in Japan, cycle tours and organic fairs in Brazil, and a roundtable on sustainable procurement in Switzerland.