According to Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Public Transport Management Centre Le Hoan, the bus network operated nearly 478,000 trips in July, serving more than 8.48 million passengers. Weekly growth accelerated throughout the month, rising from 33% in the first week to 45% in the fourth week.
VAAS Director General Nguyen Hong Son stressed that advances in science and technology, including climate-resilient rice varieties, improved water management, mechanised sowing, straw management, digital monitoring and carbon finance, are creating opportunities for transformation.
For years, efforts to tackle plastic pollution in Vietnam have focused mainly on waste collection, recycling and disposal. However, as sustainable development and green trade standards become increasingly important, specialists argued that a broader approach is needed, covering everything from product design and material selection to production, consumption and recycling.
Vietnam is among the world's leading producers and exporters of agricultural products, including rice, coffee and a wide range of fruits. However, key export markets such as the US, the European Union (EU) and Japan are tightening sustainability requirements for agricultural products, making the transition to low-emission farming increasingly important.
Vietnamese coffee already compliant with EUDR requirements is being sold at a premium of around 50 USD per tonne. Once the regulation is fully enforced, opportunities for Vietnam's coffee industry will become even greater, an insider said.
Lefaso has called for faster development of the domestic supporting industry to reduce reliance on imported materials. It also proposed establishing strategic raw material reserves and trading platforms to improve supply security.
Developed under a strategic cooperation agreement between the Vietnamese and Japanese governments, the nearly 1,000-hectare industrial park is expected to become the city's first eco-industrial park under the country's new regulatory framework.
A local official described the increase in bus ridership as an encouraging sign for the city's public transport system, but stressed that a comprehensive solution to traffic congestion will require a high-capacity public transport network, with the metro system playing a central role.
The first construction activity involves lowering a reinforced steel cage for the diaphragm wall at the underground ST10 (Pham Van Bach) station, one of the line's key stations.
Tourism products will be assessed under three groups of criteria worth a maximum of 100 points. Product quality and community strength account for 40 points, marketing capability 25 points, and product quality standards 35 points.