The images of a fruit garden on the rooftop of a building in Ho Chi Minh City have caused a “storm” on social networks when attracting more than 100,000 interactions. After just one day, the series of photos received more than 16,000 comments and nearly 5,000 shares. The owner of the garden is Bang Nguyen, he is a bachelor of accounting from the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City. Bang Nguyen said, he has been growing trees on the terrace for about 4 years now, since buying a house in Tan Phu district – Ho Chi Minh City. “Due to the impact of the epidemic on work, I have more time at home. But because of that, I have more time to plant and take care of trees. Especially the cantaloupe. As you can see, most of the area of ​​the rooftop garden is for melons. It is also the most difficult variety to grow among terrace plants,” said Bang Nguyen. Bang Nguyen said that every day he spends about 2 hours on the rooftop garden. “Because there are only husband and wife and small children at home, I do a little bit every day, mixing some soil. Initially, I planted orchids mainly, about 200 pots of orchids. After that, I spent about 25m2 of the total 70m2 behind planting cantaloupe. 25m2 in the middle to grow orchids, apples, guavas, tomatoes, vegetables … 20m2 in front for outdoor wooden floors, around planted roses, a little melon, 2 grapes “- Bang Nguyen said. Bang Nguyen also revealed that many gardeners were unsuccessful, possibly due to improper mixing of media and ways to prevent pests. The soil for planting must be clean soil, mixed with rice husks, and composted manure. Each type of plant I mix with a different ratio, but must ensure porosity, watering is drained, not stagnant on the face. When growing vegetables, mix the soil once, fertilizing once is enough, but when growing melons, when the trees are fruiting, they must be fertilized many times with composted fish protein and bat manure. Prevent worms, thrips, red spiders using neem oil. To prevent fungal diseases for plants, use self-incubated organic microorganisms “- Bang Nguyen revealed. According to Bang Nguyen, he invested a lot of money in the garden. This whole season of cantaloupe, he costs about 5-7 million money for seeds and fertilizers. “Currently, this crop I plant 80 roots, collect 80 fruits, yield about 200kg. This is the 4th melon crop. In the first season, I planted 30 plants but almost failed because I didn’t know how to prevent powdery mildew, rhizomatosis, etc. Later on, I had to learn and learn in all the melon associations. garden net, go to the instructions to read carefully, find and get to know the brothers and sisters who have planted before to be successful” – Bang Nguyen said. The image of bunches of grapes laden with fruit makes many people excited. Let’s see the pictures in the 70m2 garden on the rooftop of the high-rise building.

UEH students gather and classify garbage before carrying it to destruction. The main goal of the project is to build a model of school without rubbish, apply a zero-garbage solution in school waste management, and prioritize the refusal – minimizing – reuse of single-use plastic products. The product is not required, or cannot be composted. The program will be implemented in the first phase from April to the end of October 2021 at UEH Campus – Nguyen Van Linh. With the concept “just recycling is not enough”, while recycling plastic is also causing many consequences for human health and the environment, the Vietnam Zero Waste Alliance (VZWA) * for that “Practice without rubbish” is the most sustainable solution and create a circular economy for society. In particular, schools play an important role in raising awareness of young people about environmental protection. This is the premise for the idea of ​​implementing UEH – Zero Waste Campus project. The project is part of a strategy to build a No Spam model in the community, as a pilot at the University of Economics, HCMC. Ho Chi Minh City – Nguyen Van Linh campus with cooperation, consultancy and technical support from the Vietnam Spam Free Alliance. The specific objective of the project is that at least 70% of the total post-project surveyed people understand what it means to be No Spam; the amount of general waste going to landfills decreased by about 40%; persistent waste (including disposable plastic, unnecessary products, organic composting) reduced by about 30%; Organic waste is processed to become compost, recycled waste is collected and taken to the recycling facility; Reducing the use of unnecessary, disposable or non-compostable plastic products. In order to realize action goals, City University of Economics. Ho Chi Minh City (UEH) and the Vietnam Spam Free Alliance signed a cooperation agreement (MOU). The signed content of the two parties aims to jointly design, consult and plan the UEH – Zero Waste Campus project, including the development of measures to manage and reduce waste in the school and campaigns. improve waste awareness, adopt a No-Garbage lifestyle and turn waste into a resource. UEH students in class Mr. Bui Quang Hung – UEH Vice Rector shared: “Towards the model of“ Green University ”, HCMC University of Economics. Ho Chi Minh is actively cooperating with the Vietnam No Trash Alliance in activities of managing, minimizing and turning waste into resources; communicating and implementing a roadmap to build the No-Garbage School. The project expects all staff, students and stakeholders at the University to increase awareness of waste issues, and understand and practice the “No Spam” lifestyle. Accordingly, the Vietnam Non-Garbage Alliance initially surveyed students’ perceptions, assessed the current situation of waste at UEH campus – Nguyen Van Linh and will continue to coordinate with the school to implement specific activities. project roadmap. Ms. Quach Thi Xuan, Coordinator of the Vietnam Spam Free Alliance said: “The Zero Waste Campus project marks a new turning point in the partnership between UEH and the Vietnam Spam Free Alliance. This is a “long-term” program with special meaning to raise awareness of environmental protection with practical actions “. The project helps to limit plastic waste, protects the health of students and staff from the harmful effects of plastic waste, and at the same time contributes to building UEH – Nguyen Van Linh Campus in the direction of “Green University” – Green School , Environmental friendliness.