B: Being at home all the time makes me bored. C: It's been a long time since our country closed its economy, isn’t it? B: Hope the epidemic will pass soon so we can reopen. A: If our country reopens, I think it only needs to focus on the economy to make a breakthrough. I don't think environmental issues are important anymore. I think our country should focus on the economy first, then the environment. B: I don’t feel the same. Economic development must be associated with environmental protection and sustainable development. C: You’re absolutely right. Environmental protection is a pressing global issue. Recently disasters have occurred around the globe, such as the Australian bushfire 2019-2020 had caused destructions and losses to its native and ecosystem. Lately, China also faces with flood once in a lifetime. and a long-term process that requires global cooperation and determination. Protecting the environment is protecting the future. B: Futhermore, environment protection is a long-term process when a seed takes at least 20 to 30 years to grown into a full blown tree and plastic products take hundred years to decompose. This requires global cooperation and determination, each country need to take responsibilities for their past action. C: So you see “protecting the environment is protecting the future”. Imagining one day, there are more trees left on this planet, all the natural wonders are gone. It will be unfair to the future generations when they have to suffer the consequences made by us. B: I have also read online that the World bank estimated the output of developing countries would be five times higher and of the industrial countries would be three times higher by the year 2030. And if contamination were to rise at the same pace, severe environmental hardships would occur. The planet would be significantly, irreparably harmed. A: But don't you see that protecting the environment and developing the economic at the same time slows down development? B: The outbreak of environmental pollution, which has been accumulated for a long time in the development process, is now starting to manifest. Do you remember the Formosa Environmental Incident? A: Of course, It's very famous. The environmental pollution caused by Taiwan- invested Formosa Hung Nghiep Ha Tinh Steel Corporation has caused a great shock to Vietnam’s economy at that time. C: Formosa discharged untreated wastewater into the sea causing massive fish death along four Vietnamese central coastal provinces. Workers in Vietnam who rely on fishing and tourism were directly affected, they were jobless and dead because of fish poisoning. B: Moreover, the buildup of cacbon dioxide and methane gas has caused a now rising problem of global warming. Many climate crisises derive from the indifference of every country. A: Oh, so environment must be the foundation for economic development, right? B: Exactly, Vietnamese government has also speak out that our country considers the environment as a prerequisite factor so we can achieve sustainable economic development. C: There some statements have just crossed my mind which related to this problem “Be slow and steady than all for nothing” & “Don’t trade the environment for immediate benefits” A: Those sound great, they describe our opinion right on point. Oh, my mom just ring, I have to go, let’s talk again later. Bye guys! B,C: Okayy, bye, see u.