Eco-friendly practices adopted at Catholic institutes across Ho Chi Minh City

More than 200 parishes and Catholic centers in Ho Chi Minh City have been equipped with three-compartment trash bins to promote awareness of environmental protection. The arrangement of such trash bins at these religious institutes is part of an action program on environmental protection that the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City announced on Monday. Priest Vinh Son Nguyen Thanh Tin, head of the environment division under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City, introduces waste segregation bins. Photo: Hoai Phuong / Tuoi TreAs of January 10 this year, the archdiocese had distributed 500 three-compartment trash bins to more than 200 parishes and Catholic centers citywide. A three-compartment trash bin is seen at the Da Minh - Ba Chuong parish in Ho Chi Minh City.