Hoang Duong Tung, chair of the Vietnam Clean Air Network, praised the initiative to run a program measuring motorbike emissions, saying that it will offer recommendations to users on how to check and maintain their motorbikes to ensure safety in traffic, and will help ease air pollution. … [Read more...] about VN cities needs strict measures to persuade residents to abandon old polluting motorbikes
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Solutions needed as Hanoi chokes under smog
Hanoi, and other Vietnamese cities, regularly make an appearance on must-visit travel lists and top experiences, yet there are few celebrations for topping the charts for ‘world’s most polluted’. The image of Vietnam, and its capital, should rightly be based on rich cultural heritage and cuisine, not the sight of people wearing masks. … [Read more...] about Solutions needed as Hanoi chokes under smog
Hanoi struggles to deal with plastic waste
“Trash burial slots piled as high as 35m above the ground will not be allowed to receive any more garbage and will have to be covered with HDPE sheets to prevent rainwater from leaking in and the stench from creeping out,” he said, adding that 10 trash burial slots of the first phase were unable to get more trash. … [Read more...] about Hanoi struggles to deal with plastic waste
Hà Nội working hard to combat air pollution
However, the implementation has not been effective because the sanction level is still low while the handling of the authorities is not drastic so it is not enough to be deterrent. The department has proposed the city People's Committee assign the Department of Construction in co-ordination with the Department of Finance to study and propose the increase of sanction levels to organisations and individuals that cause environmental pollution. … [Read more...] about Hà Nội working hard to combat air pollution
Hanoi working hard to combat air pollution
Hanoi installed an air monitoring system in 2016 to control air pollution. The Department of Natural Resources and Environment has managed and operated a system of 35 automatic air monitoring stations. In addition, the department is implementing a project of building 15 fixed air environmental monitoring stations, integrating three radioactive monitoring devices; one radioactive monitoring device on automatic surface water monitoring station, six underground water monitoring stations; five water monitoring stations and complete the environmental monitoring network in the city in 2021. … [Read more...] about Hanoi working hard to combat air pollution
