Amids the bustling pace of life in a dynamic industrial province like Binh Duong, a meaningful movement is increasingly spreading, contributing to the creation of a civilized, modern and livable urban image—this is the “Civilized Saturday” program. This program is one of the key action efforts in implementing the Project No.02, which mobilizes the entire political system to join hands in building up a green, worth-living and affectionated Binh Duong.
Remarkable achievements
Launched with the goal of raising public awareness and responsibility for environmental protection, building green-clean-beautiful urban landscapes, “Civilized Saturday” has quickly become a distinctive cultural practice of Binh Duong. Every Saturday morning, on all the streets, alleys, parks, residential areas..., the image of people participating together in environmental sanitation activities, planting trees... has become a familiar, daily voluntary action. The program has helped transform awareness into action, fostering a civilized lifestyle, expressing the province’s determination to build Binh Duong into a worth-living place.
After nine months of implementation, from provincial to grassroots levels, many practical models and activities have been organized. Notably, after provincial-level ceremony to launch “Civilized Saturday – For a Civilized, Green, Clean, Beautiful, Afffectionate Binh Duong”, around 600 native forest trees were planted in the new city center to enrich the ecosystem and enhance the environment. The province also organized gift-giving and tree-planting activities in Tan Uyen city’s Vinh Tan ward. Simultaneously, agencies and units across 9 districts/cities and 91 communes/wards/townships, along with hamlets and quarters, actively responded to the campaign with meaningful projects and actions.
Following the launch event, provincial Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations and Red Cross Society also extended the program to their member organizations and grassroots levels, linking it with national celebrations, anniversaries and local movements. At the district level, 100% of localities developed plans and organized 1,083 campaign rounds with 63,144 participants. Particularly at the commune, ward, and quarter levels, 9,904 campaign rounds were held; 5,279 public clean-up activities were conducted to remove illegal ads and clean streets, alleys and quarters. All localities implemented waste collection and classification at source as regulated, planted 162,301 trees along roads, parks, public buildings and beautified 676 floral roads…
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 – April 30, 2025), quarters across the province also carried out meaningful public works. The Organization Board of the Project No.02 visited each locality to encourage and promptly commend outstanding contributions.
For a green Binh Duong
According to Bui Thanh Nhan, Member of provincial Party Standing Committee, Head of provincial Party Committee’s Propaganda, Education and Mass Mobilization Commisssion, after 9 months of implementation, the “Civilized Saturday” campaign has received strong attention, direction and favorable policy support from provincial Party Committee. It has also been positively embraced and implemented by the entire political system and enthusiastically supported by cadres, Party members, Youth Union members and people from all strata. This campaign has generated widespread influence and truly integrated into the lives of Binh Duong’s residents, effectively realizing the goals of the Project No.02.
According to Mr. Nhan, in the process of implementing "Civilized Saturday", localities and units have had many creative and effective ways, strengthening coordination, mobilizing many resources, and mobilizing socialized investment with the motto of "The State and the people work together", contributing to urban rejuvenation, creating a new look and vitality. Each quarter, hamlet, commune and ward has focused on building parks, flower gardens, flower roads, model roads; installing lighting systems, security cameras; asphalting, concreting more and more roads and alleys...
Local campaigns integrated with “Civilized Saturday” have attracted broad community participation and positively changed perceptions and behaviors. Environmental protection activities such as sorting waste at source have been widely implemented, contributing to a greener, cleaner and more beautiful Bình Dương. The implementation of the waste classification model at source in all localities has significantly improved environmental quality, reduced pollution and raised people's awareness of protecting the surrounding living environment.
“Further maintaining and expanding exemplary models and good practices under the Project No.02 linked with “Civilized Saturday”, the Organization Committee has promptly rewarded outstanding participants to encourage and motivate greater public involvement”, Mr. Nhan added. To continue and further spread meaningful initiatives that contribute to shaping a more civilized and modern image of Binh Duong, provincial Steering Committee, in coordination with military units involved in mass mobilization work, has developed a plan for a volunteer campaign on Saturday (April 19) in Bau Bang district. The campaign will feature a series of meaningful activities, including organizing medical checkups, providing medicine and giving gifts for 300 policy beneficiary families and disadvantaged households at Long Nguyen Communal Health Station; visiting and giving gifts to 10 policy beneficiary families in Long Nguyen commune; making environmental hygiene, planting flowers and trees; visiting and giving 20 gift sets to Cambodian households and children living in the area; pouring concrete and leveling the ground for the LN 30 road; planting 200 “sao” trees in Long Nguyen commune’s Sa Them hamlet; donating “Great Unity” houses and “Red Cross” houses; inaugurating the "Pinwheel Flower Road" project at Sao Mai Kindergarten in Long Nguyen commune; commencing construction of a comrade’s house; holding volleyball matches and musical exchanges between armed forces units and the local community…
Reported by Huynh Thuy-Thanh Tuyen-Translated by Kim Tin
