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Feb 13, 2016 / 13:47

Hanoi organises tree-planting festival 2016

Hanoi People`s Committee launched the tree-planting festival 2016 at the site of Ly Thai To statue in Hoan Kiem District on February 12 (the fifth day of the Lunar New Year).

 Attending the ceremony were Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Hanoi Party Secretary Hoang Trung Hai, National Assembly's delegation chief in Hanoi Pham Quang Nghi, Permanent Deputy Secretary of Hanoi Party Committee Ngo Thi Thanh Hang, Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung and  residents of Hoan Kiem district.
 
Secretary of Hoan Kiem district’s Party Committee Hoang Cong Khoi makes a speech at the event.
Secretary of Hoan Kiem district’s Party Committee Hoang Cong Khoi makes a speech at the event.
Before the opening ceremony, leaders of Hanoi city and Hoan Kiem district offered the incense at the site of Ly Thai To statue.
Addressing the event, Secretary of Hoan Kiem district’s Party Committee Hoang Cong Khoi highlighted the significant meaning of the tree-planting festival 2016, held to welcome the success of the 12th National Party Congress of the Party.
Hanoi's leaders plant trees at the site of Ly Thai To statue.
Hanoi's leaders plant trees at the site of Ly Thai To statue.
The annual event, organised at the outset of the lunar New Year, is a tradition initiated by the late President Ho Chi Minh in 1960, Secretary Khoi added.
He said that the tradition, eagerly joined by different localities across the city, has contributed significantly to protecting the environment and handling impacts of the climat change.
Hoan Kiem district’s each cadre, Party member and resident always responds positively to the good tradition, with the practical works of maintaining urban order and environmental hygiene in order to build  a greener, cleaner, more beautiful, elegant and civilised district, which is worthy of the centre one of Hanoi capital, the Hoan Kiem district’s Secretary stressed.