Senior General Min Aung Hlaing urged all to grow trees with goodwill as they have to spend their spare time, money and manpower on the movement and to maintain their saplings for thriving more.
Families of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army, Navy and Air) and respective military commands have been holding monsoon tree-growing ceremonies since 2011 with the aim of conserving the natural environment, contributing to climatic conditions, giving shade and supporting the State economy on one hand.
Yesterday, families of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army, Navy and Air) held the third monsoon tree-growing ceremony 2025 near Yezin Dam in Zeyathiri Township of Nay Pyi Taw, attended by Chairman of the State Security and Peace Commission of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing who led the ceremony by growing a teak sapling.
On the occasion, the Senior General said that growing trees primarily aims to conserve trees and forests as well as substitute the damaged and lost forests with new ones due to various reasons, as a good human activity.
He continued that cutting trees causes climate change across the world, with record-setting heat and heavy rains due to storms. Humans are responsible for carrying out various movements to mitigate climate change caused by their activities. Cultivation, conservation and protecting trees and forests are basic factors to control the possibilities of natural disasters to some extent.
Since 2011, he recounted that Tatmadaw families have been holding tree-growing ceremonies, to green Yezin Dam and its environments at present.
The Senior General highlighted that if reforestation and the continuous protection and care of forests are consistently carried out for environmental conservation, future generations will have the chance to enjoy the benefits.
The Senior General urged all to grow trees with goodwill as they have to spend their spare time, money and manpower on the movement. They have to maintain their saplings for them to thrive.
SSPC Chairman of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and his wife, Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, planted a teak sapling.
Vice-Chairman of the Commission Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Commander-in-Chief (Army), Vice-Senior General Soe Win and his wife Daw Than Than Nwe, Chief of the General Staff (Army, Navy and Air) General Kyaw Swa Lin and his wife, the Commander-in-Chief (Navy) and his wife, senior Tatmadaw officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief and their wives, Tatmadaw members and families participated in growing trees in their respective places.
The Senior General, his wife and party viewed the participation of Tatmadaw members and families in the tree-growing ceremony.
Also present at the ceremony were Union-level dignitaries and their wives, senior officer trainees from the National Defence College, Tatmadaw members of the departments and offices from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army) and families.
At the ceremony, families of the Commander-in-Chief (Army, Navy and Air) planted 900 teak saplings, 600 ironwood saplings, 300 gum-kino saplings and 600 Mahogany saplings, totalling 2,400. In order to conserve the natural environment and ecosystem around Yezin Dam, Tatmadaw families of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army, Navy and Air) grew 208,425 perennial and shade trees in 44 times of ceremonies from 2011 to 2025.
Led by commanders and officials, military command headquarters, regiments and units planted saplings of industrial crops, perennial trees, shade trees and windbreaks, totalling 186,312 saplings, including yesterday’s 2,400 saplings planted by families of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army, Navy and Air) in its third ceremony. — MNA/TTA
