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In the days before cold air, a phenomenon like fog covered Hanoi, the air quality deteriorated to a bad and very bad level, affecting people’s health – Photo: XUAN LONG
The prime minister has just issued a directive on strengthening air pollution control, in which, in recent years, air pollution in many localities of the country still tends to increase in scale. To what extent, especially in large cities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, does it affect socio-economic development and public health.
According to the directive, the main cause of air pollution is dust, vehicle exhaust gases, construction activities and industrial activities with high amounts of emissions, which have not been effectively controlled.
In addition, the green tree area and water surface in urban development has not met the requirements, the implementation of legal regulations, programs and air pollution control tasks has not been synchronous and effective.
In order to strengthen air pollution control and minimize adverse impacts on people’s health, the Prime Minister assigned to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment the proposal of an air quality management plan for the period 2021 – 2025. to the Prime Minister in the first quarter of 2021.
The Prime Minister ordered the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to strictly control the quality in monitoring the air environment, announce the results of the monitoring, and immediately warn the community about air pollution.
In addition, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment was also assigned to focus on reviewing and completing the national environmental norms and standards system for industrial emissions and emissions from motorized road vehicles. In Vietnam, the ambient air quality is close to the standards of the advanced countries of the world.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will review and report to the Prime Minister on the implementation of the roadmap for the implementation of national technical standards and regulations on emissions from road motor vehicles circulating in Vietnam, completed in quarter 4-2021.
For Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces and cities with high risk of air pollution, the Prime Minister asked to strictly follow the development and implementation of local air quality management plans in accordance with the Prime Minister’s direction.
At the same time, guide the implementation of response measures in the event that the air is seriously polluted in the area under its management; Implementation of the inventory of exhaust gas sources, monitoring and evaluation of dust pollution (PM10, PM2.5), completed before December 31, 2021.
The Prime Minister asked the People’s Committees of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces and cities with high risk of air pollution to build and implement the air quality monitoring network plan, regularly organize the implementation. Periodic monitoring programs of air quality in the area, updating and providing timely information on air quality to people.
In addition, accelerate the promulgation and implementation of the development plan of the public transport system, giving priority to vehicles that use clean energy, without emissions; remove and dispose of old and obsolete motor vehicles that do not meet the traffic standards, which generates environmental pollution in the city.
The Prime Minister also called on the aforementioned cities to encourage people to use public transport, reducing personal vehicles; Reasonable regulation and diversion of traffic to limit prolonged congestion that causes environmental pollution; organize and regularly maintain road washing activities on main roads and highways in urban centers and cities to limit the spread of dust, especially in dry and windy weather conditions.
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