“Save our Seas” is a 33-day journey across Vietnam along the coasts of photographer Lekima Hung. The journey takes him to Vietnam’s polluted coastlines, to islands where people’s waste treatment is still very rudimentary, or to the Mekong Delta river areas where “when the water rises, the trash also rises”.
According to world research, Vietnam's seas are facing the problem of plastic waste. Vietnam is currently one of the four countries that pollute the marine environment the most in the world, dumping about 1.8 million tons of plastic waste into the ocean each year. In terms of general waste, in 2015, waste in Vietnam's seas and coastal areas was more than 14 million tons/year, accounting for about 60% of the country's waste. In particular, plastic bags, plastic bottles, straws, plastic cups and bowls... are widely used because of their "long-lived", durable, light and cheap properties. But they are terrible killers of the ocean.
One of the photos about the problem of coastal waste by photographer Lekima Hung.
Although everyone knows the importance of seas and oceans in economics, society, politics and military… people do not understand the serious impact of plastic waste on the environment in general, and on seas and oceans in particular.
The desire to contribute a part of his professional ability, to bring the most authentic images of the problem of waste and waste pollution happening along the coast of Vietnam has urged Lekima Hung to be determined to make this memorable journey. He hopes that his 33-day journey across Vietnam, taking pictures of plastic waste pollution on the coast, recording the serious effects of waste on daily life... will help raise people's awareness of environmental protection.
His photos and Lekima Hung's journey across Vietnam are being exhibited by the Canadian Embassy at the first international workshop on "Consultation on the development of a National Action Plan on Marine Plastic Waste Management" for Vietnam, taking place on December 10, 2018.
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