The water ran over Nguyen Thi Anh's hands as her granddaughter poured slowly from a plastic bottle. The 57-year-old woman used the water to rinse the dishes after cleaning them with tap water. In the last few days she has been unable to use tap water for much. Last night she had stayed up until midnight with her children to collect water from a tanker truck dispatched by local authorities. "I was sleeping when the security guy knocked on the door and told us the water tanker was coming. We immediately went downstairs to get some water. I was so tired and could not wake up early this morning." But the good thing was that the family had enough fresh water, she added. Anh is one of hundreds of thousands of Hanoians who are trying to get used to bottled water for drinking and cooking to brushing teeth, since they cannot use water from their taps. Hanoians wait to collect potable water from a tanker on October 15, 2019. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy. A senior government official confirmed … [Read more...] about Hanoians struggle for drinking water after river contaminated with oil
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Japan team cleaning Hanoi river wants more time after floodgate opening ruins efforts
Tadashi Yamamura, president of the Japan External Trade Organization, asked for postponing the assessment until September 17 in letters he sent to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Hanoi People’s Committee. Since May city authorities have had the Japanese team over to clean a section of the To Lich River using nanotechnology. The results were positive, with the river’s usual stench and sludge at the bottom reducing within just a week. But last Tuesday a floodgate in Hanoi’s West Lake was opened to maintain the lake’s level and to flush the To Lich. Yamamura said this "wiped out" all the microorganisms used by the Japanese to clean the river. "We virtually have to start over, and we need a minimum of over a month to reactivate the microorganisms. Only then can we get an accurate, objective sample [from the To Lich River]." The Japanese technology, nano-bioreactor, does two things: infuse oxygen into … [Read more...] about Japan team cleaning Hanoi river wants more time after floodgate opening ruins efforts
Meaningful activities for revolutionary contributors conducted nationwide
* On July 27, Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong lit incense and paid tribute at the July 27 National Historical Relic Site and the National Historical Relic Site for Fallen Volunteer Troops of Company 915, Unit 91 Bac Thai in Thai Nguyen province. Mr. Tran Quoc Vuong offers inccense at the July 27 National Historical Relic Site 72 years ago, on July 27, 1947 in the area of the July 27 National Historical Relic Site, 300 local troops and people joined a meeting to hear the announcement of a letter by President Ho Chi Minh to observe July 27 as the National Wounded Soldiers’ Day. The day was renamed as Vietnamese Wounded Soldiers’ and Martyrs’ Day in 1955. The National Historical Relic Site for Fallen Volunteer Troops of Company 915, Unit 91 Bac Thai aims to commemorate 60 volunteer youths of Company 915, Unit 91 Bac Thai who sacrificed themselves on the eve of Christmas 1972 … [Read more...] about Meaningful activities for revolutionary contributors conducted nationwide
Military units carry out meaningful activities for national contributors
Sr. Lt. Gen. Be Xuan Truong presents gifts to policy beneficiaries in Hai Son commune A mission from the Ministry of National Defense, led by Deputy Defense Minister Sr. Lt. Gen. Be Xuan Truong, offered incense and laid wreaths for fallen soldiers at the monument dedicated to Po Hen Martyrs in Hai Son commune, Mong Cai city, Quang Ninh province. Po Hen border troops and others sacrificed their lives to safeguard national border sovereignty and security. On the occasion, the mission presented gifts to 20 policy beneficiary families in border areas throughout the province and hoped that they would follow the national revolutionary tradition, overcome difficulties and further contribute to national development. The same day, Sr. Lt. Gen. Do Can, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army and his entourage, paid tribute to fallen soldiers at the temple worshipping troops who died for the country at Hill 468 in Thanh Thuy commune and … [Read more...] about Military units carry out meaningful activities for national contributors