Dust and emissions from vehicles and industrial activities are major causes of air pollution. (Photo: VNA) Since dust and emissions from vehicles and industrial activities are majorcauses of air pollution, road washing should be carried out regularly to limitthe spread of dust while any vehicles carrying construction materials and wastemust be banned.
Localities and relevant ministries should handle construction sites that failto follow current environmental regulations, particularly those at airpollution hotspots, and prohibit old motorbikes, he said.
Nhan ordered the Vietnam Environment Administration to review theimplementation of the Prime Minister’s Decision No 985a/QD-TTg on the approvalof the national action plan on air pollution quality by 2020 with a vision to 2025and outlining measures in 2022.
Participants said it is necessary to estimate emissions so as to outline appropriatemechanisms on fee collections and fine polluters.
They suggested the ministry set up an interdisciplinary group to work with urbanareas that have large volumes of vehicles and industrial production facilities,to control air pollution.
In the meantime, authorities of residential areas should be responsible forpreventing the burning of straw, charcoal, and bush.
According to the Vietnam Environment Administration, regulations on environmentalmonitoring will be completed this year, and the implementation of the nationaltechnical standards on vehicle emissions will be fulfilled in the fourth quarter./.
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