Vietnamese and French experts have emphasised the necessity for issuingnew standards for vehicles to reduce emissions and encouraging thedevelopment of clean energy.
At a symposium themed, “Air QualityImprovement and Urban Transport: Best Practice and Cooperative Projects”in Hanoi on March 21, Director of UBIFRANCE Trade Agency of the FrenchEmbassy in Hanoi Marc Cagnard and Deputy Head of the Environment GeneralDepartment Hoang Duong Tung said the degradation in air quality affectsthe community and causes socio-economic losses.
State managementagencies, branches, organisations, individuals and the community shouldexert joint efforts to improve air quality, they said.
Vietnamalso needs cooperation and technical assistance from foreigngovernments, agencies and organisations in air quality management.
Atthe event, representatives of the Pollution Control Department of theGeneral Department of Environment said dust density in urban areas was1.5 to three times and in some places 5 to 7 times higher than allowablelevels.
Experts from the French National Institute forEnvironmental and Industrial Risks introduced solutions for air qualityimprovement and the air quality systems that are being used in majorcities worldwide.
They said that sustainable development andtraffic policy will certainly become a prospect for cooperation betweenVietnam and France.-VNA