My letter to the Prime Minister of Vietnam

26 Hoa Hung Street

District 10, ward 13

Ho Chi City, Vietnam

September 27th, 2010

135 Vo Thi Sau Street

District 3, ward 11

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Dear the Prime Minister of Vietnam,

I have noticed a lot of garbages along the sidewalks of some streets in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am a citizen of Vietnam and also a student at American International School. A lot of people in Vietnam are very careless about making the streets and rivers their trash bins. Since Vietnam is also a tourism country, I think it's our job to make the country even more beautiful without any garbage and to make the citizens and tourists here even hppier. As a citizen and a student of an international school, I really hope that you would agree with me to make our country an attractive place for everyone.

In 2008, there were 400,000 tourists in total. Until 2009, we lost 10% of tourists' interests. I think that garbage and traffic was one of the main things that caused this to happen. Of course, candy wrappers and fast food bags aren't as attractive to anyone in this world. This matter isn't just important to the tourists from other countries, but to the health of the people who lives here, too. Nobody would want to buy or keep a home where there's trash all over the place and getting sick all the time. The garbage people throuw out in the streets wouldn't stay there all the time. When it rains, the water carries with it a lot of garbage which finally ends up in either rivers or oceans. After ll the garbage was dumped into the places, the country would be even more polluted, which'll cause diseases. So I think everybody should volunteer to make our country a safe and healthy environment for everyone.

I know what you're tinking, that all of this will cost toomuch money and the volunteers would easily give up. The only way to reduce the cost of the cleaning crews and get the volunteers to be interested in the jobs is fine. We fine the people who doesn't care about our environment, preerably 200,000 in cash for each person. That way, we can pay the cleaning crews and give out awards for the people who vonlunteered with their hearts.

Please consider this letter and take actions right away on this important issue. I really believe that if our country becomes clean, then it will step up to another level and be even richer than before.So for the sake of the citizens and tourists, help our country. Thank you.

Kind regards,

Antonia Nguyen