In the evening of December 10 in Hanoi, Vietnam Environment Administration – VEA (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment) in collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union organized the final Gala and honoured the Green Initiative Aware which held for the first time.
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Vo Tuan Nhan and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Nguyen Anh Tuan rewardedthe first prize for the winners
The Green Innovative Award was first launched in 2015 by VEA in collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. This award aims to the youth between 6 and 30 years old who are living and studying in Vietnam. The subjects are categorized into 03 groups: students at primary and secondary school; students athigh school; and students at intermediate school, college, university with aged from 19 to 30.
The objective of the award aims to find, introduce and disseminate ideas, modelsof students on environmental protection and sustainable development, thereby create positive changeson awareness and actions of the community, especially the youth.
Almost the works participating the contesttowards the idea of environmental protection and sustainable development; models of energy saving; environmentally-friendly products; biodiversity conservation; waste recycling, waste water and emission treatment; solutions on policy, environmental education; application of information technology in environmental management and protection, etc.
The contest organizing board has received nearly 1,500 applications from individuals or groups from 50/63 cities and provinces. Of which the Group 1 had 752 applications; Group 2 receives 420 applications and Group 3 had 325 applications.