Ttntag sidewalk encroachment

Hanoi authorities’ campaigns to solve sidewalk encroachment caused by street hawkers on the banks of the West Lake have proved to be water off a duck’s back as the issue recurs after every crackdown. The West Lake, which is the capital’s biggest freshwater reservoir located in Tay Ho District, has long been a favorite spot for young people to hang out, leading to the emergence of street stalls along its banks. Street hawkers rake in money from visitors to the lake by displaying their wares on the banks to sell street food and beverages even though that means the sidewalk there is partly or completely blocked. The encroachment has prompted local authorities to roll out multiple crackdowns, which have turned out to be wasted labor as the street stalls crept back in a few days. Young people enjoy beverages at a lakeside stall illegally established on the sidewalk of a street along the West Lake in Tay Ho District, Hanoi, June 25, 2022. Photo: Pham Tuan / Tuoi Tre … [Read more...] about Crackdown on sidewalk encroachment along West Lake’s banks a wasted effort in Hanoi

Ho Chi Minh City Greenery Parks Company Limited has cut down nine large trees on the streets around Ho Con Rua (Turtle Lake) in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 3, as they are at risk of being uprooted and pose danger to road users. Some of the trees are at the site for a subproject to upgrade sidewalks in the area, part of a broader project to upgrade Turtle Lake, but the company claimed that their removal was not related to the sidewalk renovation. The nine trees were chopped down as per permits issued by the municipal Department of Construction and the Infrastructure Management Center. Of the nine trees, two hopea odorata trees had rotten roots and seriously damaged trunks. An ancient Dipterocarpus alatus tree on Vo Van Tan Street was severed due to the impact of the sidewalk upgrade subproject in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo : Le Phan / Tuoi Tre The felling of the trees is aimed at ensuring safety for local residents during the rainy season as the … [Read more...] about 9 large trees in central district of Ho Chi Minh City chopped down

Rapid economic development often results in serious impacts on forests, evidenced by the alarming deforestation in Phu Quoc City in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang having plunged the city’s forests into a state of emergency. Forests are regarded as the living soul of residents on the 'pearl island.' However, the woods full of stone stakes and steel wires are disappointing tourists. The situation is becoming truly alarming. Forests seem empty after one unguarded night Deforestation and land encroachment in Phu Quoc City in mid-June 2022 were no longer overt and rampant, but it did not mean that forests stopped 'bleeding.' On the main path from Ham Ninh Commune to Thom Beach, people could easily see excavated mountainsides and forest land areas occupied with concrete stakes, zinc-coated barbed wire fences, and even well-built constructions. “Some gangs secretly encroached and built fences," complained N.X.T., a forest ranger. “During the forest land invasion … [Read more...] about Phu Quoc forests in state of emergency

With many unwilling to take booster shots, the General Department of Preventive Medicine said such people should sign forms to "underline their responsibility" in the Covid fight. Some localities are already getting people to sign the forms. Phan Trong Lan, head of the department, told correspondents Monday: "Covid-19 vaccination is a requirement in the pandemic fight. As such, people need to get vaccinated as per existing regulations and in the right doses. "The fact that localities are requesting people to sign forms to 'take responsibility' is to show their responsibility to the public." However, this has caused some confusion. Hai Anh, 32, of Hanoi, asked, for instance: "Why did we not have to sign anything when getting the first and second doses? "Is it possible to make everyone sign ... whenever there is an epidemic?" A VnExpress reader with the handlephuongthuy1973 account said in a comment: "Is getting Covid-19 vaccines a right or a duty? If it is a right then … [Read more...] about Signing vaccination refusal declaration forms ‘unfeasible:’ lawyer

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen at the conference (Photo: SGGP) This morning, the Executive Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee for the term 2020-2025 chaired by Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen held the fifteenth conference. Speaking at the opening of the conference, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen recalled the city’s situation over the past year with many difficulties caused by the Covid-19 epidemic, besides the results achieved in the first six months of 2022. He reiterated what the city has done from which to resolve existing problems. Mr. Nguyen Van Nen informed that BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variant of Omicron were present in HCMC warning that the Covid-19 epidemic continues to have very unpredictable developments; therefore, administrations in localities and organizations must be alert to the disease. Worse, in particular, Ho Chi Minh City is seeing an increase in … [Read more...] about HCMC Secretary: Breakthrough solution to create new impetus for city’s recovery