The Hanoitimes - In 2009, the Vietnamese government approved the plan to move universities and colleges out of Hanoi’s downtown by 2025, with a vision to 2050. Hanoi’s mayor requests removal of mercury-stored bulb factory Slow university relocation away from Hanoi's inner city is worsening traffic congestion and environmental pollution, and adds pressure on the city's infrastructure, according to experts. Currently, Hanoi has 12 universities and colleges subject to being relocated, including Foreign Trade University, Trade Union University, University of Construction, Hanoi Open University, among others. However, after 10 years of implementation, only Public Health University has been moved out of Giang Vo street, Ba Dinh district. University of Natural Sciences and University of Social Sciences and Humanities on Nguyen Trai street, Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi. Photo: Pham Hung University relocation is no less urgent than removing polluted industrial … [Read more...] about Slow university relocation burdens Hanoi’s infrastructure
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Hanoi’s district seeks ways to promote heritage values
The Hanoitimes - As of 2015, six heritages in Dong Da district have been restored and repaired with total expenditure of about VND130 billion (US$5.6 million). Dong Da Mound in Hanoi officially named national special relic site Dong Da, an inner city district in Hanoi and home to as many as 76 cultural and historical heritages and 16 traditional festivals, is doing as much as it can to preserve and promote heritage values in the area. Visitors at the Temple of Literature. Photo: Kinhtedothi Of the amount, two are national special heritages including the Temple of Literature and Dong Da Mound; 49 national heritages; 15 municipal heritages and another 10 unclassified. They are considered the spiritual bridges that link the past with the present, the tradition with the modernity. However, due to the impacts of time and the fast urbanization, many heritages have been worn out and suffered alterations despite the management, preservation and restoration efforts over the past … [Read more...] about Hanoi’s district seeks ways to promote heritage values
Polluting bulb factory will be moved out of Hanoi’s downtown
The Hanoitimes - The fire at Hanoi`s bulb factory has raised an alarm about the factories operating in the capital`s center and densely-populated areas. The shareholders of the company owning the factory which caught fire in late August approved the budget and roadmap of relocating its factory to the neighboring Bac Ninh province, the company’s deputy general director said at a meeting on September 11. A view of the meeting. Photo: Kinhtedothi.vn The meeting was held at Rang Dong Light Source and Vacuum Flask Joint Stock Company (Rang Dong JSC)’s headquarter and saw the attendance of the Hanoi's Environment Protection Authority under the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Urban and Industrial Environment JSC 10 (URENCO 10). Two Japanese experts invited by the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology to assist in determining the level of soil, water and air pollution of the blaze also attended the meeting. Rang Dong JSC's Deputy General … [Read more...] about Polluting bulb factory will be moved out of Hanoi’s downtown
Chemical Army to detoxify burned-down warehousew in Hanoi
The Hanoitimes - The move follows the plan to clean the area where a blaze burned down Hanoi`s mercury-stored bulb factory and released between 15.2 and 27.2 kilograms of mercury into the environment. Hanoi’s mayor requests removal of mercury-stored bulb factory PM requests thorough solutions for mercury leak after blaze in Hanoi Vietnam’s Chemical Army, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and Hanoi’s authority will decontaminate the site where a warehouse storing liquid mercury caught fire at the end of August. Pham Van Ty, deputy chief of the secretariat of the National Committee for Incident, Natural Disaster Response and Search and Rescue, made the statement on September 10 night, according to local media. Officiers of the Military Institute of Environment and Chemistry collect samples from the area surrounding the burnt Rang Dong light bulb warehouse in Hanoi on September 5. Photo: Minh Hung The move follows the … [Read more...] about Chemical Army to detoxify burned-down warehousew in Hanoi
Hanoi’s mayor requests removal of mercury-stored bulb factory
The Hanoitimes - The whole fire-affected area must be cleaned and Rang Dong JSC must be moved out of Hanoi’s inner area. PM request thorough solutions for mercury leak after blaze in Hanoi Pollution-risk factories to be relocated out of Hanoi's residential areas: Deputy Minister Chemical Army plans to detoxify burned-down bulb factory in Hanoi Head of Hanoi’s administration has demanded the removal of partly-burned bulb factory in late August and thorough cleanup of the site which stored liquid mercury. Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung on September 10 signed a document on relocating Rang Dong Light Source and Vacuum Flask Joint Stock Company (Rang Dong JSC) for environmental safety and implementing solutions to overcome the blaze’s consequences, local media reported. Rang Dong JSC's warehouse after the fire. Photo: Zing Earlier, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 9 requested the Hanoi … [Read more...] about Hanoi’s mayor requests removal of mercury-stored bulb factory