February 08, 2017 | 20:32 (GMT+7)
Military units kick off tree planting festival
PANO - The Military Science and Technology Institute under the Ministry of National Defense launched its tree planting festival, themed “Forever Grateful to President Ho Chi Minh,” on February 7, in Thach Hoa commune, Thach That district, Hanoi.
Tree planting festival at Depot J106
The launching ceremony saw the participation of representatives from the institute’s party committee and management board, and nearly 260 staff and troops of affiliate units. The institute is scheduled to plant about 5,700 trees, especially acacias and dracontomelons.
* The same day, Depot J106, under the Department of Vehicles and Machinery of the General Department of Techniques kicked off the annual tree planting festival. After the launching ceremony, leaders and troops of the depot and the general department planted 1,200 trees on 1 ha of land.
Over the past five years, the general department planted over 10 million trees of different kinds on 7,575 ha, of which the depot planted 9,490 trees on an area of 7 ha.
Translated by Hong Thanh