Youths' outstanding initiatives for climate honoured
The final round and award ceremony of the “Youth for Climate Innovation” contest was held on September 28, honouring remarkable initiatives for the climate created by young Vietnamese people.
Patrick Haverman, Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP in Vietnam, speaks at the final round and award ceremony of the contest in Hanoi on September 28 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The final round and awardceremony of the “Youth for Climate Innovation” contest was held on September28, honouring remarkable initiatives for the climate created by young Vietnamese people.
From May 28 to August 7, the contest received morethan 400 entries from young people in 54 out of the 63 provinces and centrally-run citiesnationwide. They focus on creative communications, climate mitigation, climateadaptation prioritising nature-based solutions, and climate-responsiblebusiness strategies.
Winners of the competition were chosen basing on theirideas’ innovation, practicability, sustainability, and applicability.
The first prize went to contestant Nguyen Van Hien from Nam Podistrict of the northwestern province of Dien Bien who proposed a solution togrow mulberry and build biological barriers to prevent erosion and boostsocio-economic development in border areas.
The second prize was presented to a team from the Hanoi-basedHuynh Thuc Khang High School with the idea of building a small museum ofstationery made from waste, and Le Thi Hao, a teacher from the Quang Phu Secondary Schoolin Quang Trach district of central Quang Binh province with an initiative tocollect straw to reduce haze and be used as a material for improving concreteground in salt production in coastal areas.
The third and consolation prizes were also handed overto many other useful ideas.
Patrick Haverman, Deputy Resident Representative ofUNDP in Vietnam, expressed his delight that there have been more and morepractical and innovative ideas created by the youth basing on their knowledgeand experience to solve local environmental and climate issues.
He noted that UNDP calls on all young people to becomeambassadors conveying the message of jointly acting for a greener, cleaner, andmore sustainable Vietnam in the future.
Meanwhile, Ngo Van Cuong, Secretary of the Ho Chi MinhCommunist Youth Union Central Committee, said the contest showed that youngVietnamese people are completely able to make more contributions to help respond tothe global climate crisis and guarantee a future of sustainable development forthe country./.
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Patrick Haverman, Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP in Vietnam, speaks at the final round and award ceremony of the contest in Hanoi on September 28 (Photo: VNA) 
