Hanoi People's Council has received 257 questions from municipal voters,mostly reflecting hot issues, ahead of its three day meeting this week.
Ofthese questions, 50 are addressed to Hanoi People's Committee (theexecutive arm elected by the People's Council) and the remainder concernthe lower levels of the government under it – the people's committeesof districts and communes.
The Hanoi People's Committee hasdecided to pick the most relevant questions from them and reply to themduring the session. It has also promised to answer the remaining queriesbefore October 30 on its website and through the mass media.
Someof the prominent questions are about the lack of playground forchildren; building cultural venues; the rehabilitation of drug addictsand their reintegration into the society; companies owning the debts ofsocial insurance premiums they are supposed to pay the State for theiremployees; as well as building healthcare institutions and bulkmessaging.
Questions concerning urban management include why thecity cut so many old, big trees that gave a green cover over streets andwere considered by Hanoians as part of their city life; theconstruction of the second water pipeline to draw water from the HoaBinh Reservoir to the city (as the first water pipe sees repeatedbreakages, leading to public outrage over the lack of water supply insome areas); and the management of apartment buildings andresettlements.
Issues concerning agriculture and rural areas werealso highlighted in some questions. There are queries why so manyfarmers abandon their fields to waste away cultivable land and how tosupply clean water to rural dwellers.
Questions pertaining toscience and technology and the environment centre around how the fundsfor developing science and technology are utilised, the severe pollutionof rivers, and polluting craft villages.
Nguyen Van Nam, apermanent member of the Hanoi People's Council, asked why the city hasfailed to implement the policy of building playground for children onland recovered from spots where some State agencies had been removed oron land whose lease contracts had expired.
Giving furtherexplanation on the city's plan to replant 6,700 trees earlier thisMarch, which was met with fierce resistance from the public and led tothe mayor's decision to stop the tree felling on March 22, Vice CityMayor Vu Hong Khanh affirmed that the policy was right and their stancewas proven correct by the historic thunderstorm of June 13 that uprootedhundreds of trees around the city downtown, killing two people,injuring several others, and destroying many cars.
He said theonly part that went wrong in this policy was that its enforcers rushedto cut trees before explaining the logic of their act to the people.
Ina report read at the council's session on July 6, Khanh said that inthe first half of this year, the city's economy grew by 7.8 percent, thehighest first-half growth rate in the last four years.
He also said the city had been aiming for an economic growth of 10-11 percent for the full year.
The same day, the council passed a resolution naming 19 new streets and extending three streets.-VNA
Ofthese questions, 50 are addressed to Hanoi People's Committee (theexecutive arm elected by the People's Council) and the remainder concernthe lower levels of the government under it – the people's committeesof districts and communes.
The Hanoi People's Committee hasdecided to pick the most relevant questions from them and reply to themduring the session. It has also promised to answer the remaining queriesbefore October 30 on its website and through the mass media.
Someof the prominent questions are about the lack of playground forchildren; building cultural venues; the rehabilitation of drug addictsand their reintegration into the society; companies owning the debts ofsocial insurance premiums they are supposed to pay the State for theiremployees; as well as building healthcare institutions and bulkmessaging.
Questions concerning urban management include why thecity cut so many old, big trees that gave a green cover over streets andwere considered by Hanoians as part of their city life; theconstruction of the second water pipeline to draw water from the HoaBinh Reservoir to the city (as the first water pipe sees repeatedbreakages, leading to public outrage over the lack of water supply insome areas); and the management of apartment buildings andresettlements.
Issues concerning agriculture and rural areas werealso highlighted in some questions. There are queries why so manyfarmers abandon their fields to waste away cultivable land and how tosupply clean water to rural dwellers.
Questions pertaining toscience and technology and the environment centre around how the fundsfor developing science and technology are utilised, the severe pollutionof rivers, and polluting craft villages.
Nguyen Van Nam, apermanent member of the Hanoi People's Council, asked why the city hasfailed to implement the policy of building playground for children onland recovered from spots where some State agencies had been removed oron land whose lease contracts had expired.
Giving furtherexplanation on the city's plan to replant 6,700 trees earlier thisMarch, which was met with fierce resistance from the public and led tothe mayor's decision to stop the tree felling on March 22, Vice CityMayor Vu Hong Khanh affirmed that the policy was right and their stancewas proven correct by the historic thunderstorm of June 13 that uprootedhundreds of trees around the city downtown, killing two people,injuring several others, and destroying many cars.
He said theonly part that went wrong in this policy was that its enforcers rushedto cut trees before explaining the logic of their act to the people.
Ina report read at the council's session on July 6, Khanh said that inthe first half of this year, the city's economy grew by 7.8 percent, thehighest first-half growth rate in the last four years.
He also said the city had been aiming for an economic growth of 10-11 percent for the full year.
The same day, the council passed a resolution naming 19 new streets and extending three streets.-VNA
