Hanoi needs plan to protect environmentVietNamNet Bridge - The air quality in Hanoi has declined, especially in the inner city and near major transport routes and construction sites, the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and the Environment said in a report which noted the rapid increase in Benzene. There are 5 million motorbikes and 500,000 cars of different kinds in circulation every day. The 5-kilometer long road is always engulfed in thick dust kicked up by the large number of vehicles, including trucks laden with construction materials.Tam Trinh and Linh Nam Roads in Hoang Mai district is the ‘nightmare’ for the people who use the roads to go to work. This is blamed on the increase of factories, vehicles and the equipment creating emissions to the atmosphere.They noted that the number of motorbikes in Vietnam in general and in Hanoi in particular has been increasing rapidly.There are six fixed air monitoring stations in Hanoi, four of which are controlled by central agencies and the other two by local environment departments. However, only two of them, one in Long Bien district and the other in Dong Da, are still operational.Hanoi has spent money on mobile air monitoring vehicles and automatic waste water monitoring stations, while it is following necessary procedures to receive 20 automatic air monitoring stations funded by the French Government.CV

Source: VietNamNet News August 23, 2016 02:48 UTC