The Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) held consultation workshop in Hanoi on May 23 to complete a regional project (Vietnam component) on Reducing Pollution and Preserving Environmental Flows in the East Asian Seas through the Implementation of Integrated River Basin Management in ASEAN Countries.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) heldconsultation workshop in Hanoi on May 23 to complete a regional project(Vietnam component) on Reducing Pollution and Preserving Environmental Flows inthe East Asian Seas through the Implementation of Integrated River BasinManagement in ASEAN Countries.
The project is implemented in seven ASEAN nations: Cambodia,Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Laos and Vietnam.
Tran Thi Le Anh from the VEA said that the nation-levelpilot project will be carried out in Vu Gia-Thu Bon river basin in centralQuang Nam province and inshore areas of Quang Nam and Da Nang city.
Juergen Lorenz, an expert from the Partnerships in EnvironmentalManagement for the Seas of East Asia, said that the project looks to improveintegrated water resources management, reduce pollution loads from nutrientsand other land-based activities, sustain freshwater environmental flows andreduce climate vulnerability through demonstrations and replications, planningand strengthening of integrated river basin management in selected countries inthe East Asian Seas.
With aid worth 1 million USD and a counterpart fund of 3million USD, the Vietnam component project should seek additional assistanceand more partners, he added.
Several activities involved in the project in Vietnaminclude solid waste treatment, maintenance of seawater quality monitoringsystems in Quang Nam and Da Nang, according to Lorenz.-VNA
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Under the plan, from 2025 to 2026, the city will complete mechanisms and policies to support businesses in switching to green vehicles, expand the electric and green-energy bus network, and build charging stations. The targeted proportion of green buses is set at 10% in 2025 and 20–23% in 2026.
Storm Comay, the fourth in the East Sea this year, was at around 16.7 degrees North and 118.3 degrees East, in the east of the East Sea's northern waters as of 4am on July 24.
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Illustrative image (Source: VNA) 
