Hanoi always attaches importance to its relations with German localities and enterprises, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung said while hosting newly-appointed German Ambassador to Vietnam Guido Hildner on October 1.
The People’s Committee of the central city of Da Nang on June 2 held a ceremony to launch the “Action month for environment” with the theme of “Air pollution and our acts”, in response to the World Environment Day (June 5).
All health facilities in Hanoi are expected to have standard wastewater treatment systems by 2020 and five years later, all hazardous medical waste from the facilities should be collected and treated properly.
Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) has taken measures to prevent forest fires and smoke as the country will host the 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD 18) next month, which is the regular time of forest and peat land fire in Indonesia each year.
The capital city of Hanoi is willing to host networking events as well as investment and technology transfer promotion activities for Vietnamese and Finnish businesses.
Hanoi plans to install an additional 70 air monitoring stations to improve air quality, according to the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
How to effectively implement D ecision No. 985a /QD-TTg approving the national action plan on air quality management up to 2020, with a vision toward 2025, was the subject of a conference.
The French embassy and the French Development Agency (AFD) will provide a funding worth 120,000 EUR for a technical assistance project on assessing the status of the air environment in Hanoi.
Environmental protection should be a compulsory requirement throughout the country’s development process, stated Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a national teleconference on the work on August 24.
It is necessary to promptly devise a national plan on environmental protection to serve as the foundation for appraising and approving investment projects in regions across the country.
Ho Chi Minh City hopes to learn from Poland’s experiences in urban
management, especially in solving traffic problems, a senior municipal
official has said.
A Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) financed project has
supported environmental protection and strengthened water environment
management in some Vietnamese localities.
The orchestra plays as a large crowd of people listen attentively,
seemingly oblivious to the street noise and roaring traffic that can
also be heard at this outdoor concert.
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