The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has just sent a document to ministries, departments, central organizations; People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities; Embassies and international organizations in Vietnam to guide the organization of activities in response to World Water Day, World Meteorological Day, and the Earth Hour Campaign in 2025.
World Water Day March 22, 2025 was launched by the United Nations (UN) with the theme "Glacier Conservation" - "Conservation of ice rivers" to raise global awareness of the important role of ice, snow and ice in the climate system and hydrological cycle of the Earth. World Water Day 2025 also encourages the exchange of knowledge and best practices related to ice conservation and adaptation strategies.
According to the United Nations report, currently ice and ice covers about 70% of the world's freshwater and nearly 2 billion people rely on ice and snow for daily life, agricultural production and energy. The melting of ice and ice has caused sea levels to rise about 20 cm higher than in 1900, causing many water risks for communities, affecting many areas and affecting the global economy.
In Vietnam, water resources depend heavily on international water resources and are facing challenges in water security caused by upstream countries. Therefore, the synthesis of water resources management according to river basins, unifying quantity and quality, between surface water and groundwater, between upstream and downstream are basic and optimal principles that Vietnam and countries around the world are still applying in water resource management.
Based on the theme of world propaganda and the current reality, in 2025, the Vietnamese water resources sector will focus on the content of "Conservation and restoration of rivers" to adapt to the situation of degraded, depleted and polluted water resources. In addition, cooperate with countries in the region to manage water resources in a balanced, unified and synchronous manner, ensuring water security, meeting socio-economic development goals and sustainable development, contributing to solving the global water crisis.
World Meteorological Day March 23, 2025 was launched by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) with the theme "Closing the Early Warning gap Together" - "Joining hands for a comprehensive early warning system" to call on countries around the world to strengthen national capacity and promote cooperation at all levels, ensuring an early warning system operates effectively from a global scale to a local scale, contributing to shortening the gap in forecasting and warning of natural disasters to help policymakers focus on minimizing risks, protecting the community; help communities easily access and proactively take early action to contribute to protecting people's labor production achievements, building a safe and sustainable world in the face of natural disasters.
The Earth Hour 2025 campaign launched by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) with the theme "Green Transition - Green Future" - "Green Transition, Green Future" emphasizes the determination to transform strongly and comprehensively, promoting the green transformation quarter with green economic models, green lifestyle, green consumption; calling on the whole society, including the community and businesses, to take practical actions for a green future and sustainable development. Earth time in 2025 will take place from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 22, 2025.
