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Save the Earth

In recent years, in addition to fundamental issues such as preventing a

nuclear war, preserving peace, and lowering the population growth rate,
the issue of environmental protection has become an important issue
globally. It is of vital importance to humanity on Earth.

Protecting the living environment is a pressing worldwide problem that

the whole world community is working together to improve the situation.
Ozone depletion raises the risk of skin cancer and eye illnesses while
lowering human immunity. Animal and plant species are also affected;
some species are destroyed or on the verge of extinction.

The ecological crisis in the world is taking place with seriousness, and
resources are depleting rapidly. Environmental pollution is spreading and
becoming a hazard to human survival.

In the last five years, the issue of more concern than before is about the
environment. But in fact, the proportion of harmful gasses in the
atmosphere continues to increase; the rate of deforestation is at an
alarming rate; one-third of the population is still suffering from water
shortage; without new measures to manage groundwater resources, the
world will be in a water crisis by 2050; seafood is being over-exploited
and decreasing; Desertification is still at crisis level in Africa.

The causes of environmental degradation are rapid industrial

development, increased worldwide deforestation, a resource-population
imbalance, and an increasing weapons race.

The phenomenon of environmental contamination and degradation

occurs in any country, any region, from underdeveloped countries to
advanced industrial countries. Environmental pollution is not limited to
national borders; Deforestation in one country can cause floods and
droughts in another. Because this is a worldwide issue, no single country
can handle it alone, so there must be joint coordination through an
international strategy.

Vietnam is also facing severe ecological challenges. Soil, forest, water,

animals, and plants are over-exploited, making rare and precious
resources increasingly depleted. Our country's degraded soil and bare
hills have reached 13 million hectares (39% of the total area), with 1.2
million hectares no longer cultivable.

In the past 50 years, the forest area has decreased by 6 million hectares,
and the coverage rate is 26%. Currently, in some industrial regions, the
dust and harmful emissions concentration has exceeded the permissible
level many times because most factories still use obsolete technology
and antiquated equipment.

Faced with this predicament, the Vietnamese Party and State have taken
active actions to protect the ecological environment and ensure healthy
living for the people.

In the near future, Vietnam will need to absorb from industrialized

countries and develop a plan to avoid and minimize environmental
damage. Mining must be well organized and managed to avoid
squandering resources and negatively impacting environmental
resources.

Therefore, it is necessary to develop a system of legal documents as a

foundation for the required discharge enforcement, pollution control, and
violation management standards. While planning urban areas, proper
attention to arranging factories, residential clusters, entertainment areas,
green areas, drainage systems, solid waste dumps, waste treatment
plants, hazardous waste incinerators, etc.

Protecting the environment is a common concern for everyone, every

home, every country, and even humanity, with a sense of responsibility:
let's save the earth, save our cradle.