(CPV) – A nationwide competition for lower secondary school students in Vietnam titled “Climate change and you” was launched in Hanoi at Phan Chu Trinh school on November 18.
It takes place while Vietnam is still dealing with the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan which was the strongest recorded tropical cyclone ever and killed thousands in the Philippines.
The competition is part of a joint project between the British Council and Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), and is partly funded by the British Embassy in Hanoi.
Photo: Dang Vu
Open until January 2014, the competition aims to raise awareness among students about climate change and encourage their initiatives to tackle the problem. The two categories for entries are writing and drawing. This will enable the students to present their brightest ideas for tackling climate change. All entries need to address different climate change issues and show innovative ideas to mitigate the effects.
Winners in each category will receive an award and a certificate. The school with the highest number of entries will also be presented with a prize. Details of the competition will be published on the British Council and MoET’s websites, the Education and Times newspaper and on the website http://www.thehexanh.net.
Mr Chris Brown, Director British Council Vietnam said: ‘It’s my delight to launch this competition, another important event to celebrate 40 years of the UK-Vietnam diplomatic relationship and 20 years of the British Council in Vietnam. As an active player in this field, the British Council have been working in Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Australia, China and Vietnam to collaborate with local partners in their fight against the destructive effects of climate change. Children are the most vulnerable to climate change so they have the right to raise their voices and contribute their creativity in our battle against it”.
The Vietnam national strategy on climate change was adopted by the Prime Minister in 2011, addressing the dramatic impact of climate change on Vietnam’s goals of hunger elimination and sustainable development.
The competition is a part of the “Cascading and embedding climate change education into wider secondary schools across Vietnam” project for 2013/14, implemented by the British Council Vietnam, MoET, and Live & Learn Environmental Education Centre, with the funding support of the British Embassy in Hanoi.
The project will focus on the provinces of Nam Dinh, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An. This is the second time it has been implemented and funded by the consortium, building on the success achieved in 2012 when the project was piloted in 239 schools in Hoa Binh province./.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
