Hanoi, Feb. 4 -- A tree planting festival celebrating the Lunar New Year and World Wetlands Day was launched at the Thai Thuy Wetland Nature Reserve, the northern province of Thai Binh on February 4. The event was also meant to mark the 66th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's tree planting campaign and the 95th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

Representatives from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Vietnam, Vingroup's For Green Future Foundation, Panasonic Vietnam, Toyota Vietnam, Airbus, and Mangrove Development JSC collectively donated 10,000 willow and kandelia candel trees to the reserve.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Du Duc Duy took t...