The city requires the enhanced application of advanced technologies and remote monitoring systems, including satellite remote sensing, drones, and AI-integrated traffic cameras, to monitor, detect, and strictly address the illegal burning of garbage, straw, and agricultural by-products.
This year’s event carried the theme “5% pioneers – Global impact”, highlighting research from the University of Leeds, UK, which suggests that when just five% of a community takes action for a shared goal, it can trigger a tipping point in behaviour and social awareness.
Seraphin is the first modern waste-to-energy plant in Vietnam fully invested, designed, built, and supervised by a domestic private enterprise, demonstrating the ability of Vietnamese companies to master advanced technologies.
The municipal People’s Committee on August 29 opened the floor to public feedback on the draft, which enforces stricter emissions standards in line with Article 28 of the Capital Law.
Cars in Hanoi and HCM City manufactured from 2017 will need to meet Level 4 emission standards by January 2027, under a draft roadmap proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.
The Yen Xa Wastewater Treatment Plant is constructed with a full capacity of 270,000 cu.m per day and night using the conventional activated sludge process with AO (Anoxic and Oxic) operation.
Hanoi has approved a comprehensive plan to restore the environmental quality and develop four major urban rivers – the To Lich, Kim Nguu, Lu, and Set reverine environments.
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.
Hanoi is set to become a green tourism leader by banning single-use plastics in hotels and tourist sites from 2026, marking a shift toward sustainable practices starting with everyday items.
The Hanoi People’s Committee has also given in-principle approval to a wastewater system project in the West Lake area, with an estimated budget of over 99 billion VND (3.88 million USD) funded by Tay Ho district.
Hanoi authorities are under significant pressure to improve air quality, particularly as the city rotates in and out of the top global ranking for air pollution levels, depending on routine measurements of the local environment.
Hanoi has set a target to ensure that up to 80% of the days in a year have air quality index (VN-AQI) levels rated as good or moderate, based on data from standard national and city monitoring stations, according to the director of the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Le Thanh Nam.
The Hanoi People’s Council on December 12 approved a resolution to establish low-emission zones in the capital city.
In November, skywatchers are in for a spectacular treat with two rare fireball meteor showers: the Southern Taurids and Northern Taurids.
Hanoi is home to nearly 27,100ha of forest and forestry land, including 18,577ha under forest, which is considered a "green belt" protecting the local ecological environment.
The National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control has asked northern provinces and centrally-run cities to actively respond to heavy rain accompanied by tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong winds.
