HCM City to change water sourcing locations Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công
23/01/2021 08:43 GMT+7
HCMC will change the location for water sourcing to the upstream of Saigon and Dong Nai rivers and then to Dau Tieng and Tri An reservoirs due to pollution fears.
Water sourcing location will be moved to the upstream of Saigon River
Vice-Chairman of HCM City People s Committee Le Hoa Binh has approved the city plan for water supply system during the 2020-2025 period and the clean water supply and the clean water supply and end of groundwater extraction programme during the 2020-2030 period.
VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 23
23/01/2021 10:35 GMT+7
Hanoi’s air quality continues worsening
Hanoi’s air pollution has continued worsening in many areas, posing health risks for local residents.
According to the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the air quality index at the city’s 34 air monitoring stations this morning, January 21 faced extremely severe pollution. Four stations located in Thanh Xuan District, Cau Giay District and Hoan Kiem District had the worst results.
The department’s Environmental Protection Board said that the content of high fine particulate matters of PM 2.5 and PM 10 increased by 1.3-2 times against the day before.
Weather conditions with the thick dense smog and high moisture is among the major causes of the serious pollution in the city, the board added.
Architect warns Thu Duc City needs thorough planning, from strategy to implementation Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công
21/01/2021 12:08 GMT+7
Ngo Viet Nam Son, a respected architect, said Thu Duc City needs methodical planning to avoid becoming just a huge real estate project.
Arcitect Ngo Viet Nam Son
Son spoke to VietNamNet about Thu Duc City, a very large project which needs thorough preparation from strategy to planning. The planning must be followed by careful implementation, which is a weakness of urban areas in Vietnam, he said.
In many cases, urban planning is drawn up but there is no plan to implement it. And sometimes construction works develop in an uncoordinated way. As for Thu Duc, a new city, it is necessary to implement proper planning in a comprehensive way.
What policies are needed for Thu Duc City to take off ? Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công
17/01/2021 10:30 GMT+7
HCM City Mayor Nguyen Thanh Phong said that several things need to be done initially under the ‘working while running’ principle for Thu Duc City, and the most important is a special mechanism that will enable the city to take off .
Phong said the National Assembly’s Resolution on the establishment of Thu Duc City in January will create a strong kickoff.
HCM City Mayor Nguyen Thanh Phong
The first thing to be done is to arrange the personnel of Thu Duc City to be sure that the lives and work of people, civil servants and businesses will not be disrupted by the city s establishment.
Covid-19 forces travel firms to undergo restructuring Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công
14/01/2021 09:41 GMT+7
For travel firms to survive the pandemic, they have had to undergo restructuring.
According to Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), there were 3,339 travel firms as of the end of 2019, including 2,519 international and 820 domestic travel firms.
Because of Covid-19, 90-95 percent of travel firms have suspended operation and 338 firms no longer have licenses. International travel firms have shifted to provide domestic travel services.
More than 400 leading Vietnamese travel firms attended a forum on January 12 in Hai Phong to discuss solutions in the context of Covid-19.