The approved land-use master plan for HCM City will have significant impact on the city’s development in the future, Nguyen Toan Thang, Director of the municipal Natural Resource and Environment Department, said.
Tran Minh Tien, owner of a shop in the southern province of Long An, said he sells some 10 kinds of goods made from natural and environment-friendly materials such as grasses, bamboo and coconut fibre, replacing products made from plastic.
A mobile application was launched by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of Ho Chi Minh City on June 21 to teach people how to classify solid waste at home.
Ho Chi Minh City was able to reach four of its 16 goals in pollution reduction as part of its 2016-2020 programme to reduce pollution, local officials said at a recent conference.
HCM City is leading the nation in the management and treatment of household and animal husbandry waste, said officials from the National Assembly’s Committee for Science, Technology and Environment.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Natural Resources and Environment plans to improve waste and water management as well as land-use management this year.
Financial technology (fintech) should be used to strengthen regional integration and promote inclusive and sustainable development, speakers said at the 47th ASEAN Banking Council Meeting in Da Nang on November 24.
The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) held a workshop in the city on October 26 to review a technical cooperation project to support the planning and implementation of nationally appropriate mitigation action in a monitoring, reporting and verification manner.
The Vietnam Banks Association (VNBA) and the US Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) held a workshop in Hanoi on August 23 to update local banks on the new International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF) for application in Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City is creating favourable conditions for investors to reuse and recycle garbage to produce electricity, according to Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the city People’s Committee.
Ho Chi Minh City authorities have agreed to build a large-scale project on producing electricity from waste, aiming to cut the volume of buried waste by 50 percent by 2020.
Ho Chi Minh City authorities are calling for investment in the form of public private partnerships to build golf courses, parks, trade centres or property projects on three closed landfill sites.
Owners of landfills in the city will have to open them for periodical monitoring by people, said Le Van Khoa, Vice Chairman of HCM City’s People’s Committee.
In light of recent widely reported cases of banking fraud related to automatic teller machine (ATM) transactions, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has advised the public to remain calm and adhere to banks’ regulations, while urging the banks to plug security holes.
HCM City will publish air and water quality indexes on 48 electronic screens across the city, starting later this month, according to the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
From early March, Ho Chi Minh City local authorities will consider granting land-use certificates to those who bought land and houses through informal agreements.
Pavements, especially those in crowded areas of major cities like Hanoi and HCM City, are being seriously encroached, causing difficulties for pedestrians.
Society
