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Dr. Kidong Park Polluted air is harmful to people’s health. Exposure to high concentration of particulate matters (PM), in particular micro particles with a diameter of 2.5 microns or less (PM2.5), increases the risk of air pollution-related diseases, including acute lower respiratory infections, stroke, heart attack, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer. Excessive ozone in the air can have a marked effect on human health. It can cause breathing problems, trigger asthma, reduce lung function and lead to lung diseases. Exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) aggravates symptoms of bronchitis in asthmatic children. Sulfur dioxide (SO2) can affect the respiratory system and the functions of the lungs, and causes irritation of the eyes. The WHO air quality guidelines are based on expert evaluation of current scientific evidence and are applied worldwide. Unfortunately, 91 percent of the world population is living in places where the air quality based on WHO guidelines … [Read more...] about Time to take bolder actions for clean air and people’s health

The Japan Environment and Business Organization (JEBO) has published an announcement by the Hanoi government on its permission. A section of the To Lich River in Hanoi. Sewage in the To Lich River needs to be collected, as part of efforts to clean the river - PHOTO: VNA The Japan Environment and Business Organization (JEBO) on December 7 rejected Hanoi Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung’s statement that JEBO and Japan-Vietnam Environmental Improvement Company (JVE) had cleaned a section of the To Lich River in the city without asking for the city’s permission. At a meeting with residents in Hoan Kiem District on December 6, Chung answered many questions about the city’s environment, including the clean-up of the To Lich River, the local media reported. The municipal chairman said with 180,000 cubic meters of wastewater released into the To Lich River in Hanoi per day, no technology can help tackle pollution in the river without a system that first collects this … [Read more...] about JEBO rejects Hanoi Chairman’s statement on To Lich River clean-up

The Hanoi government has attempted to clean the city's heavily polluted river many times over the last decade. Some 180,000 cubic meters of waste water are discharged daily into Hanoi’s To Lich river, which is heavily polluted, thus no technology can clean the river’s water without a separate sewage collection system, VnExpress quoted Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung as saying. In early July when Japan-Vietnam Environmental Improvement Company (JVE) was piloting the water purification in To Lich river with nano-biotech, the city's authorities discharged water from the West Lake, which was about to burst by that time due to heavy rain, into the river and thus washed away the experiment results.  Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.  "I confirmed that before discharging the West Lake’s water, JVE was fully informed," Chung said, adding that at the end of October, he chaired a meeting with the … [Read more...] about No technology can radically clean Hanoi’s polluted river if sewage not treated: Mayor

Nghe An (VNA) – The Red Cross Society of Nghe An and Coca-Cola Company on December 8 inaugurated the Ekocenter, a centre for community activities, in the central province’s Cua Lo town, the 12th of its kind in Vietnam. Built at a cost of 3 billion VND (129,014 USD), the centre will provide free internet access, clean water and training courses for locals in different areas such as education, healthcare and startups. Coca-Cola launched the Ekocentre project in 2013 with 12 centres built across the country by now. The centres have supplied more than 5 million litres of clean water to the community, while benefiting more than 800,000 people through hundreds of programmes on culture, health care, sports, education and the economy. On the occasion, the Nghe An Red Cross Society and the Young Doctors Club of Cua Lo offered free health check-ups and medicine to 200 needy people in Nghi Hai ward./. VNA … [Read more...] about Coca-Cola-funded 12th Ekocentre opens in Nghe An

Tighter regulations are needed to ensure good quality water is sourced for years to come. A PSI project model implemented in Phu Thanh Commune, Nghe An Province is displayed at a conference in Hanoi. VNS Photo That was the message delivered by Nguyen Thi Hong Khanh, from the Ministry of Construction’s Technological Infrastructure Department. She believes a solid legal framework is necessary to make sure there is plenty of water for future generations. “We need a scheme for the Water Supply Law, and submit it to the Government and the National Assembly,” Khanh said. “It is needed to survey and catalogue important sources to have an effective protection, exploitation and use plan.” There are more than 200 water supply enterprises, mainly operating as joint stock companies. The national programme to ensure water supply and prevent water loss in the 2018-25 period has been implemented to promote investment and improve modern and energy-saving water … [Read more...] about A legal framework for water supply essential in Vietnam