People go through Vietnam just to “hunt” garbage photos and the mission to save the ocean
Appearing in VTV’s Kindness program, photographer Hung Lekima (real name Nguyen Viet Hung) is known as a photographer of positive messages about the environment. To document the situation of plastic waste polluting throughout Vietnam, he traveled a total of nearly 7,000 km, including 3,260 km of the coast from North to South by motorbike.
100 photos selected from 3000 photos recorded by Hung Lekima on a one-and-a-half month journey through 28 coastal provinces and over 100 estuaries are extremely impressive and “haunting”. Every day he works from 5 am to 8 pm. Along the way, he stopped at many points to take pictures.
“The first is because I know that Vietnam ranks 4th in dumping plastic waste into the ocean (according to the announcement of the UN Environment Program at the end of 2018 – PV). Second, plastic waste has long been a concern. As a photographer, I understand that through pictures can make people change their perception, thereby changing their behavior. In this photo, I want to make a small contribution of a citizen to change people’s awareness and actions in protecting the environment.he shared the reason for starting this journey on Youth.
In August 2018, from the first place – Hanoi, Hung Lekima started his “thousand-mile journey”. He drove to Ninh Binh, followed the sea route to Ca Mau cape, then went to Ha Tien (Kien Giang), bordering Cambodia. In December 2018, his journey continued from Hanoi to Nam Dinh, along the sea route to Thai Binh, Hai Phong and Quang Ninh to Sa Vy cape – the headland of the country.
He confided on CAND About my experience: “I felt sad when I arrived at the scenic spot, Hon Phu Tu, which is very beautiful in Kien Giang – a rare beach but where people dump their rubbish on the sand and burn it. Then I saw the very old palm trees or coconut trees burned to death, even the stump was still black at the ticketing area of the historical monument, I really felt sorry. I wonder, if the central places are like this, I don’t know how remote and remote the area is.”
His exhibition “Save the sea” in 2019 – the first photo exhibition on plastic waste in Vietnam, was displayed on the occasion of World Environment Day (June 5) and World Oceans Day (June 8). 6). This is also the first turning point of his personal project Save Our Seas.
The numbers given at the exhibition have made many people “startled” because of the alarming level of Vietnam’s environment: each year, Vietnam discharges into the ocean about 0.28 to 0.73 million tons of plastic waste through 112 estuaries. causing the amount of plastic waste in Vietnam to pollute the marine environment, accounting for more than 50% of the amount of plastic waste discharged into the ocean.
The more you go, the more you see the reality of garbage invading all of Vietnam’s beaches, the more Hung Lekima wants his story to spread and strongly inspire the community to contribute to changing awareness, raising awareness. awareness of each individual as well as contribute a voice to the management agencies, issue policies in the fight against plastic waste, save the ocean. With his contributions, he was awarded the title of “Blue Ocean Ambassador” by the Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment.
Photo: Youth.
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