• The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has encouraged schools not to release balloons on their academic year.
• The move followed a recent letter sent by Nguyen Nguyet Linh, a sixth-grader of Marie Curie Secondary School in Hanoi, to more than 40 local schools to call for the end of balloons releases at their opening ceremonies of the new school year.
• Her letter has helped to contribute to raising awareness about the consequences of plastic waste. Many schools see the balloon release as a common way to brighten up the new school year’s opening ceremony. But almost no one thinks of the impact on the environment.
• Following Linh’s call, Marie Curie and other school in Hanoi have no longer used plastic wrap on textbooks.
• Nguyen Quoc Binh, headmaster of Le Quy Don Secondary and High School in Hanoi, said that the school had called on students not to use plastic for textbook wrap last academic school year. This year, the school was keen to continue to campaign.
• The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has encouraged
schools
not to release balloons on their academic year.
• The
move
followed a recent letter
sent
by Nguyen
Nguyet
Linh
, a sixth-grader of Marie Curie Secondary
School
in Hanoi, to more than 40 local
schools
to call for the
end
of balloons releases at their opening ceremonies of the new
school
year.
• Her letter has
helped
to contribute to raising awareness about the consequences of plastic waste.
Many
schools
see
the balloon release as a common way to brighten up the new
school
year’s opening ceremony.
But
almost no one
thinks
of the impact on the environment.
• Following
Linh
’s call, Marie Curie and other
school
in Hanoi have no longer
used
plastic wrap on textbooks.
• Nguyen
Quoc
Binh
, headmaster of Le
Quy
Don Secondary and High
School
in Hanoi, said that the
school
had called on students not to
use
plastic for textbook wrap last academic
school
year. This year, the
school
was keen to continue to campaign.