Inaugurating 5 waiting lounges and free water stations at tourist destinations

HNN.VN - On the morning of July 28, the project “Hue - A City to Reduce Plastics in Central Vietnam”, funded by the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) - Norway (through the WWF - Vietnam), received by Hue City People's Committee, in collaboration with the Provincial Department of Tourism, organized the inauguration of 5 waiting lounges and free water stations at tourist destinations, including: Thien Mu Pagoda, Bao Vinh Ancient Town, Ban Nguyet Bridge - Me Wharf, Vong Canh Hill, and Sinh Village wrestling area (Hue City).

Representatives of the city leaders and departments, branches and sectors cut the ribbon to inaugurate the free water station at the waiting lounge at Thien Mu Pagoda area

The water system at the free water stations at the above tourist attractions meets the ISO 9001:2015 quality management standard, and is certified to comply with the TCVN 11978:2017 standards, ensuring the safety and hygiene with a set of 5 filter cores ensuring safety and hygiene quality, including a 300G RO membrane which is capable of removing over 99% of amoeba, arsenic, heavy metals, viruses, bacteria and other impurities, providing water that ensures the purity.

The implementation of these free water stations aims to cultivate the habit of locals and visitors in reducing the use of disposable plastic bottles, by encouraging the use of personal water bottles to refill water, contributing to saving resources, developing sustainable tourism, and reducing plastic pollution in Hue City.

Currently, Hue City is implementing many solutions to reduce plastic waste in tourism activities within the area. This aims to enhance the responsibility of each citizen and visitor in environmental protection, striving towards a plastic-reducing city in the future. The inauguration of the water stations also serves to promote the implementation of the Plastic Reduction Code of Conduct, which has been introduced to the locals and visitors by the project “Hue - A City to Reduce Plastics in Central Vietnam”, Hue City People's Committee, and Hue Monuments Conservation Center.

The system of water stations for locals and visitors at tourist destinations in Hue City

Previously, in August 2023, the project “Hue - A City to Reduce Plastics in Central Vietnam” in collaboration with Hue Monuments Conservation Center had launched and operated the waiting lounges and free water stations at the tombs of Emperor Gia Long, Emperor Minh Mang, and Emperor Dong Khanh.

On this occasion, in addition to the inauguration of the aforementioned 5 waiting lounges and free water stations, the representatives of the project “Hue - A City to Reduce Plastics in Central Vietnam” also presented alternative items to single-use plastics to the tofu-selling association in the area of Thien Mu Pagoda...

By SONG MINH