Planting bamboo for a sustainable Southwest region

Building a bamboo park

The volunteer group "Preserving and Consolidating for A Sustainable Southwest Region" under Kind Arms Co., Ltd. has cooperated with Kien Giang University to launch a bamboo planting program to protect the environment. School leaders, volunteers, and more than 500 students and union members attending the event planted 2,000 bamboo trees on campus and along both sides of the youth road.

"We would be really grateful to have today’s presence of dear teachers, delegates, and students with the consensus to jointly build the first green bamboo park on the campus of a university in the country, and it is also a great destination for students from all over the world to come here to study," shared Ms. Lam Kim Tam, Director of Kind Arms Co., Ltd.

According to Ms. Lam Kim Tam, the bamboo planting project has a great goal and meaning, aiming to create a green bamboo park on campus and creating study attractions for students. Thereby creating sites for bamboo application practice and research, especially for research on medicinal materials. When the trees planted today have grown into a bamboo garden, this will become a place to propagate various bamboo species and a place to communicate about solutions for a sustainable Southwest region.

Kind Arms Co., Ltd. decided to choose Kien Giang University to implement the bamboo planting program for a sustainable Southwest region because this university has sufficient resources for implementing the program. This place has enough research departments and resources for experimental research, propagation to supply the region, research on pharmaceutical value, research on food from bamboo, application of bamboo in tourism attractions, etc.

Creating a green study environment

Participating in the bamboo planting program "For Sustainable Southwest Region" to form a bamboo park and create a green study environment, Ms. Dang Thuy Tien (a student of the Faculty of Pedagogy and Humanities) shared: "Bamboo is not only simply a tree but also a symbol of Vietnamese culture. Therefore, each of us should plant, care for, and protect well at least one tree, contributing to improving our own living environment and the country’s sustainable development.”

Following President Ho Chi Minh’s teaching, "For the sake of ten years, we must plant trees; for the sake of 100 years, we should cultivate people," all officers and especially students of the school have always determined that planting trees is very important and associated with the development process not only for today but for all future generations.

Responding to Uncle Ho's advice, every year the units under the school enthusiastically respond and organize tree planting activities. These activities have really brought great benefits, helping the school’s campus become greener and more beautiful, improving the ecological environment, beautifying the landscape, and improving the spiritual life.

Student Dang Thuy Tien emphasized: "Climate change, which is manifested mainly by global warming and sea level rise, has created extreme weather phenomena like today. So, we understand more and more of Uncle Ho's teachings as well as the great significance of planting trees to protect the environment. Planting more trees is a way to overcome the destruction of nature, contribute to limiting environmental pollution, and keep the atmosphere fresh. Obviously, this is a very important and necessary job."

Dr. Nguyen Huu Tho, Vice President of Kien Giang University, said that the bamboo planting program "For Sustainable Southwest Region" has community meaning, both educating traditional culture and raising awareness of environmental protection for today's young generation. This bamboo planting activity on the school campus this time aims to contribute to creating a green study environment and protecting the environmental landscape and biodiversity.

It is expected that thousands of bamboo trees will be planted on the campus of Kien Giang University and along the youth road, which will soon form a bamboo park, creating a green study environment, a place for application practice and research, and propagating various bamboo species.

Greening the newly opened road in the countryside

Previously, in response to World Environment Day (June 5), Kien Giang Sub-Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection, in collaboration with Syngenta Vietnam Co., Ltd., launched the program "Clean Environment-Green Life." Specifically, the program has launched and organized tree planting activities along the bypass of Ben Nhut, Long Thanh commune, Giong Rieng district, with 300 golden oak trees planted on both sides of the road, clearing weeds on the tree planting route.

Mr. Tran Quang Giau, Director of the Kien Giang Sub-Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection, said that "The program "Clean Environment-Green Life" organized by Syngenta Vietnam is a practical program to help farmers have more knowledge about environmental protection and understand and use pesticides properly and responsibly. Thereby ensuring the safety of themselves, their families, and society, in parallel with preserving the environment, conserving biodiversity, and contributing to sustainable agriculture.

Mr. Tran Thanh Vu, General Director of Syngenta Vietnam, said that the tree planting activities and the program "Clean Environment-Green Life"—collecting pesticide packaging—have been persistently operated by the company for 8 years to contribute to raising the community's awareness of environmental protection. This activity is aimed at greening newly opened roads and building model rural roads. Contributing to the consolidation of biodiversity when implementing the plantation in combination with ornamental trees.

Through tree planting activities, Syngenta Vietnam Co., Ltd. wishes to create conditions for farmers to raise their awareness, join hands in maintaining hygiene and protecting the living environment, and build model rural roads, contributing to the consolidation of biodiversity.