5th Annual Green Day Clean-ups Organized

Five hotels of the French group Victoria Hotels & Resorts in Vietnam and Cambodia, held their annual Green Day event to show their commitment to the environment protection and to send a message across South East Asia, as they believe tourism can grow without endanger the local environment, on the World Tourism Day (on September 27^th).

 

At Victoria Phan Thiet Beach Resort & Spa, 550 participants included 150 staffs of the hotel and 400 locals cleaned along the Phu Hai – Mui Ne road and along the beach.

In Can Tho, more than 150 people on boats picked up 1,5 ton of garbage along 1 km on the river at Ninh Kieu quay, from Victoria Can Tho Resort to Xom Chai ferry. Participants of this events included Victoria Can Tho Resort staffs and Youth-Union of Can Tho city and Can Tho University.

 

In Chau Doc, 150 school children, volunteers & Victoria Chau Doc Hotel's staffs collected rubbish at Sam Mountain (5km from Victoria Chau Doc Hotel), from the bottom to the top.

 

On the Vietnamese coast, Victoria Hoi An Beach Resort & Spa with 130 participants have organized beach and river clean-ups.

Finally, Victoria Angkor Resort & Spa with 120 participants, was given privileged approval from the Cambodian authorities to collect rubbish at one of the World Heritage-listed Angkor temples in Cambodia, Bayon Temple, well-know for its thousands of carved stone figures.