"CIVILIZED SATURDAY": For a green Binh Duong

Thanks to the efforts by all-level Party committees, authorities, organizations and citizens, "Civilized Saturday" has created a powerful spillover effect, contributing to the creation of a green, clean, beautiful and civilized living environment throughout the province.

Bau Bang district has recently organized "Civilized Saturday" with many practical activities. In picture: leaders of Bau Bang district present green plants and waste sorting leaflets to representatives of quarters and hamlets

Exciting competition

The drizzling rain on Saturday morning did not deter the enthusiasm and determination of people in Tan Uyen city at the ceremony  launching "Civilized Saturday". From dawn, officials, Party members, youth members and local residents gathered in Tan Hiep resettlement area in Tan Hiep ward’s Tan Phu quarter to participate in the "Civilized Saturday" launching ceremony.

Right after the ceremony, under the guidance of the Organization Board, the local armed forces, officials and citizens were divided into small groups with specific tasks to clean the environment along main roads, quarters and collect waste. Along Nguyen Tri Phuong street, the sounds of laughter, shovels and lawnmowers echoed everywhere, signaling a special new day. Everyone eagerly worked with a high sense of responsibility, creating an exciting competitive atmosphere.

Le Thi Bich in Tan Hiep ward’s Tan Phu quarter in Tan Uyen city shared: "Civilized Saturday is not just an activity on environmental hygiene, but also an opportunity for local people to exchange and strengthen community coherence. It also enhances each individual's and family's awareness of environmental protection, urging everyone to contribute to building up a richer and more beautiful homeland".

After just a few hours of work, the landscape along Nguyen Tri Phuong street completely changed. Seeing the clean street and the radiant smiles on the faces of the local officials, armed forces and residents made everyone feel happy and proud. Besides, officials and citizens also participated in cleaning and planting flowers at Binh Duong provincial Military Intelligence, Reconnaissance, and Special Forces Historical Site and the office of Tan Long quarter in Tan Hiep ward.

The local militia force gets involved in making  environmental hygiene in Tan Uyen city’s Tan Hiep ward

Le Van Nhi Dong, Chairman of Tan Hiep ward’s People's Committee said that over the past 4 years, the ward’s Party Committee focused on leading the entire political system to effectively carry out public mobilization work (PMW) with focus on effectively implementing patriotic emulation movements through various good models and creative methods. The ceremony to launch "Civilized Saturday" and the PMW campaign 2024 held in Tan Hiep ward created excitement among the local Party committee and people. In the coming time, the ward will continue upholding the strength of the entire political system, propagandize and mobilize people to unite and support patriotic emulation movements...

Nguyen Huu Tri, Permanent Deputy Secretary of Tan Uyen city’s Party Committee, Chairman of the city’s People's Council said that in 2024, provincial Party Standing Committee and the Steering Committee of the "PMW participatiing in building a cultural-civilized lifestyle" (Project No.02) will implement "Civilized Saturday" towards the highest goal of improving environmental quality, protecting people's health, balancing ecology, promoting sustainable development in a civilized and modern direction. Therefore, through the launching ceremony in Tan Uyen city, all-level authorities, Fatherland Front Committees, organizations, agencies, armed forces and enterprises in the city will focus on effectively implementing environmental protection and "Civilized Saturday".

Creating spillover effect

To further enhance movements on environmental protection, self-management groups for environmental protection and climate change in Thu Dau Mot city’s Phu Cuong ward also launched "Civilized Saturday". Accordingly, the local self-management groups organized a program on  comprehensive environmental hygiene, street decoration, flower planting, green space maintenance while encouraging residents to participate in creating green, clean, beautiful streets and alleys...

In Bau Bang, the Organization Board of the Project No.02 has also just launched "Civilized Saturday". Besides dozens of propaganda vehicles traveling around to promote "Civilized Saturday", the locality also organized the distribution of green trees and waste classification leaflets to quarters; organized programs to exchange waste for gifts; made environmental hygiene along streets...

Bui Thanh Nhan, Member of provincial Party Standing Committee, Head of provincial Party Committee’s Mass Mobilization Commission, Permanent Deputy Head of the Project No.02 Steering Committee said that "Civilized Saturday" aims at creating a positive and strong transformation in the awareness and practical actions of officials, Party members, civil servants, Youth Union members, students, and people from all strata in jointly protecting the environment for a green, clean, beautiful Binh Duong; forming up habits and self-awareness, voluntary actions for the community, cultural-civilized behaviors, contributing to building up a cultural-civilized lifestyle; creating a more spacious, beautiful, modern urban and rural landscape; building Binh Duong as a place with a good living environment, a worthy-living place for everyone. Besides, "Civilized Saturday" also promotes the role, dedication, exemplary pioneering of officials, Party members, civil servants, workers, Youth Union members, their families and the voluntary actions of people in implementing a cultural-civilized lifestyle at workplaces, residence and public places; creating exciting, practical and effective movements, spreading awareness of environmental protection and cultural-civilized lifestyle construction among all people in the province...

Reported by Huynh Thuy-Translated by Kim Tin