Originating from an iconic light-out event in Sydney, Australia in 2007, Earth Hour has become the world's largest environmental movement. To date, this event has attracted individuals, communities, businesses and organizations from over 190 countries. Vietnam is also among the countries that actively respond to the Earth Hour campaign.

The Earth Hour event takes place for 1 hour from 8:30 to 21:30 on the last Saturday of March every year with the main activity: turning off the lights together for 1 hour to respond to the call to protect the environment, save money and save energy. save energy, save electricity.

Mr. Trinh Quoc Vu - Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Saving and Sustainable Development, Deputy Chief of the Office of the Steering Committee for Energy Saving (Ministry of Industry and Trade) emphasized that "Earth Hour program aims at one message: all All people and communities, let's save electricity in all days of the year, not just stopping at 1 hour of the Earth Hour campaign, through very simple but meaningful actions such as: turning off the lights. When leaving the room electrical equipment, make the most of natural light, set the air conditioner at 26 degrees or higher, increase maintenance of electrical equipment, etc. By such specific actions we are contributing reduce greenhouse gas emissions, protect the environment, and aim for a green future for the country as well as for all mankind.

In 2023, within the framework of the National Program on economical and efficient use of energy for the period of 2019 - 2030, the Ministry of Industry and Trade launched the Earth Hour campaign with the message "Saving electricity - becoming a habit". . Accordingly, many meaningful and practical response activities will be implemented throughout March.

Prominent among the activities implemented by the Ministry of Industry and Trade is the online contest "Learning about the Earth Hour Campaign 2023". The contest aims to promote propaganda and dissemination of knowledge on energy saving, electricity saving and environmental protection; at the same time raising awareness and awareness of the community in saving energy and protecting the environment.

The contest was held in an online form on the website of the National Program on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy (https://tietkiemnangluong.com.vn/). The questions are designed in a multiple-choice format with content around the topics of the Earth Hour Campaign, saving energy, saving electricity, good practices to save energy, efficient use of energy, energy labels,…

All Vietnamese citizens and foreigners living, studying and working in the country and abroad can participate in the contest. After each contest, the Organizing Committee will give 05 prizes to the 05 contestants with the highest results worth 1,000,000 VND/prize and the winning certificate from the Organizing Committee.

Also within the framework of the online contest "Learning about the Earth Hour Campaign 2023", the Organizing Committee also organized a mini game to predict the number of participants in the contest on the Fanpage of the National Program on using energy saving and efficient (https://www.facebook.com/vptknl2019) with extremely interesting gifts.

After 14 years of being organized, the Earth Hour campaign in Vietnam has attracted a large number of participants from all walks of life and localities. If in 2009 - the first year Vietnam participated in the Earth Hour campaign, only 6 provinces and cities responded, now, entering the 15th year of organization, this international event has attracted all 63 people. provinces and cities across the country. With many activities implemented, including the online contest "Learning about Earth Hour 2023 campaign", the Ministry of Industry and Trade believes that the Earth Hour campaign will help raise people's awareness. people and businesses on the issue of energy saving and environmental protection. Thereby, spreading the spirit of joining hands to save energy and protect the environment to the community, contributing to realizing Vietnam's commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 at the 26th Conference of the party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26).

Steps to participate in the online contest
“Learn about Earth Hour 2023 campaign”
Step 1: Visit the contest website at
https://cuocthi.tietkiemnangluong.com.vn/, press the “JOIN” button
Step 2: Enter your phone number and full name to log in to participate in the contest
Step 3: Answer all 10 multiple choice questions
Step 4: Click the button “SEND TEST”

Source: moit.gov.vn