Around 600 people participated in beach clean-up organized on Tuesday by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in partnership with the Global Environment Facility (GEF), an international NGO.
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GEF delegates pose for a picture before beginning to pick trash from the Nguyen Tat Thanh Beach in Da Nang in Vietnam's central coast. |
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High school and college students as well as many other volunteers join the clean-up. The event aimed to raise public awareness about plastic waste choking the oceans. |
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Policemen from different departments lend a hand, too. |
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A lot of plastic bags and bottles, and other objects along Phu Loc canal were picked up. |
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The trash collected is recorded for recycling and research purposes. |
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Representatives from Vietnam's environment ministry and GEF plant a tree to commemorate the event. |