South coast air quality management district

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has demanded subordinate levels strengthen air pollution control as air quality in many localities, particularly Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City has worsened. Particularly, the Government chief tasked ministries and localities to immediately review and evaluate the implementation of regulations on dust and emission control right in the first half of 2021. He asked for promptly enhancing air quality monitoring capacity to ensure that air will be monitored nationwide by 2025. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment was tasked to review and report to the Prime Minister a roadmap for application of national emission standards for road motor vehicles in the fourth quarter this year. The main causes to air pollution in Vietnam come from exhaust of transport means, construction activities, industrial production, and low rate of trees in urban areas. Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is the most concerning air pollutant in Vietnam. Another problem is … [Read more...] about PM demands strengthening air pollution control as air quality worsens

The exploitation for the above-mentioned trees being planted outside the protection forests, special-use forests and natural forests under investment of organizations, households and individuals will be decided by forest owners in accordance with the law.  Under the requirement, the People’s Committee of the provinces and cities need to further strengthen and propagandize forest protection measures. In recent time, there have been opinions about the policy and direction of strictly prohibiting cutting, exploiting, trading and transporting all kinds of wild cherry blossoms, apricots and ornamental flowers originating from the forest on the Tet holiday.  As the reason, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development requested the People's Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities to strictly implement the Prime Minister's Directive No. 45/ CT-TTg dated December 31, 2020 on the tree-planting campaigns for the New Year and strengthening the work of forest … [Read more...] about Localities to strengthen management of cherry, apricot- blossom business on Tet

A number of earthquakes and aftermaths hit Majene district and the coastal city of Mamuju in West Sulawesi on January 14-15. The death toll has risen to 81, including 70 in Mamuju. … [Read more...] about Indonesia records nearly 4,000 deaths from disasters, pandemic since 2021

At a recent employment session held by the Department and the Ha Nam Employment Service Centre, 47 businesses recruited 6,600 workers. According to Director of the Ha Nam Employment Service Centre Nguyen Quang Tuan, no enterprise in the province went bankrupt due to COVID-19. The province also sees increasing recruitment demand because a large number of new enterprises being established while existing enterprises expand production. The department has advised the provincial People’s Committee to synchronously and effectively implement policies, programmes, and schemes to create jobs and support young people in finding employment and starting a business, especially disadvantaged workers. Attention will also be paid to promoting career guidance as well as improving the quality of human resources training. Ha Nam created 23,300 new jobs last year, while more than 25,670 workers found jobs. Local authorities also issued work permits to 251 foreigners working at local … [Read more...] about Ha Nam targets 17,500 new jobs in 2021

Assessing the benefits of outbound coal shipments, the ministry said the export price of Vietnamese coal dust in 2021 is expected to stay at US$121 or VND2.8 million per ton of coal dust type 1 and at VND2.7 million and VND2.49 million per ton of coal dust types 2 and 3, respectively. … [Read more...] about Trade ministry proposes exporting 1.5 million tons of coal