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The 2021 “Bui Xuan Phai: For the Love of Hanoi” Awards continue to seek ideas and practical actions to contribute to the city’s development, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A company has proposed building a history and culture complex near part of the To Lich River which runs through western side of Hanoi city by 2026.

A sewer system under To Lich river in Hanoi is being built using unprecedented technology designed by a Japanese company in a bid to clean up the notoriously polluted river.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has said he will no longer tolerate any delays to the construction of a wastewater treatment plant that is expected to address long-standing water pollution in the increasingly crowded city.

The Japan Environment and Business Organisation (JEBO) has said it is willing to pay all costs to clean the heavily polluted To Lich River and West Lake in Hanoi following a remark by an environment official saying the firm's sewage treatment technology had failed.

The noxious odour and level of mud in the To Lich River and West Lake in Hanoi have decreased dramatically since nano-bioreactor technology has been applied, according to a representative of the Japan Environment and Trade Promotion Organisation (JETRO).

The 12th Bui Xuan Phai Awards – for the Love of Hanoi (2019) has been a great success.

The balance between nostalgic stories and contemporary factors is among outstanding traits in the nominations for the “Bui Xuan Phai: For Love of Hanoi” Awards 2019.

Nominations for the “Bui Xuan Phai: For Love of Hanoi” Awards 2019 contain nostalgia for a Hanoi in a time long gone by.

The The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports and Culture) daily of the Vietnam News Agency on August 5 announced ten nominations for the 12th “Bui Xuan Phai: For Love of Hanoi” Awards.

Given curiosity over water quality of To Lich River since the introduction of a Japanese nano-biotech since May 16, the Institute of Environmental Technology has collected a sample for analysis.

Environment workers have been striving everyday for cleaning up To Lich river which was once severely polluted.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hailed the water pollution treatment idea suggested by Japanese environmental experts while receiving them in Hanoi on April 11.

Four kilometers in length, the pedestrian street along To Lich River in the southwest of Hanoi is the longest of its kind in the capital.

The Hanoi Party Committee has promulgated a resolution to enhance environmental protection to 2020 and the following years.

Hanoi has 18 locations at risk of flooding when rainfall averages at least 50mm per two hours, according to head of the Hanoi Sewerage and Drainage Limited Company.

Hanoi and Amsterdam city of the Netherlands have agreed to foster collaboration in various fields such as water supply and drainage , waste treatment, urban planning, and smart city development.