Air pollution and health

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked ministries and People’s Committees of centrally-run cities and provinces to step up the implementation of programmes and tasks on air quality control. The move aims to intensify the control of air pollution, ease its impact on people’s health and spur socio-economic development. In a recently-issued directive, the Government leader emphasised the need to review law enforcement and the control of dust and emissions at industrial facilities as well as from transport and construction activities. He also ordered the suspension of the facilities that cause serious environmental pollution. The directive pointed out the worsening air pollution in many localities nationwide, affecting socio-economic development and the public’s health, mainly due to dust and emissions by vehicles, and constructional and industrial activities that are responsible for huge emissions yet to be controlled effectively. Moreover, … [Read more...] about PM orders intensifying air quality control measures

The People’s Committees of Hanoi and HCMC, as well as those of provinces with a high risk of air pollution, are requested to strictly follow the laws to control air quality in their region. Appropriate solutions to cope with severe air pollution states must be introduced and timely implemented. An evaluation of the volume of ultrafine dust particles in the air (PM10, PM2.5) must be completed before December 31, 2021. … [Read more...] about Pollution warnings should be timely delivered to community: PM

Every section of the 20-ha facillity in Cu Chi district tells its own story, said Director Tran Thi Tuyet Nga, citing the Hill of Eggs as an example, saying it tells a folk legend of Lac Long Quan and his wife Au Co who gave birth to a brood of a hundred eggs from which a hundred of children hatched and became the ancestors of all Vietnamese people. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 19

The country’s rice export is likely to grow further in the first quarter of this year since the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has led to increasing food demand in a number of Vietnam’s major markets in Southeast Asia and Africa which have placed more orders for Vietnamese rice, according to Nguyen Quynh Nga from the Vietnam Institute of Industrial and Trade Policy (VIOIT). … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 19