Lao Cai province’s chair Dang Xuan Phong said
the Red River’s water from the other side of the border with China is becoming
more seriously polluted. Phong made the complaint at a national online
conference on environmental protection chaired by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan
Phuc on August 24th. Since 2011, the Red River’s water has become
polluted, while the cross-border environment treatment solutions have been
limited. The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE) set up
an environment monitoring station in Lao Cai province to close watch over the
Red River water status. Scientists from
the Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change have also warned
that China is exporting air pollution to Viet Nam, saying that the effects of
China’s ‘dust attack’ to the northern part of Viet Nam are ‘worrying’. However,
the station can only give basic indexes and the efficiency is modest. Phong
proposed to set up more stations to monitor cross-border pollution. Meanwhile, Deputy Head of the Central Economic
Committee Cao Duc Phat, who was Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,
proposed strengthening international cooperation in protecting the environment
and discussing solutions to Red River pollution and the Mekong River Delta. Phuc
requested MONRE to conduct surveys, give assessments and rank provinces and
cities in terms of environmental protection. This will be an index like the
provincial competitiveness index (PCI). Scientists from the Institute of
Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change have also warned that China is
exporting air pollution to Viet Nam, saying that the effects of China’s ‘dust
attack’ to the northern part of Viet Nam are ‘worrying’. The situation is especially
serious in winter when the northeast monsoon moves strongly. The wind helps
bring dust and air pollution from China to northern provinces. A research work
by the institute’s scientists showed that in winter, 40-50 percent of
pollutants’ concentration in the northern part of Viet Nam is from outside
Vietnamese territory, from the north and northeast. The research also found
that in winter the effects of the pollution from China to Viet Nam may be up to
55 percent for SO2, 48 percent for NO2 and 30 percent for CO. This is a one-way
effect from China to Viet Nam. The CO2 and NO2 concentrations in Quang Ninh and
Lang Son provinces were measured at 0.1 ppm, while the figures were 0.25-0.75
ppm in other provinces. As for SO2, the concentration was 0.015 ppm in Quang
Ninh and Lang Son, and 0.0025 – 0.05 ppm in other provinces. In summer, when
the northeast monsoon works more weakly, pollution imports from China decrease
by 4 percent of SO2, 2 percent of CO and 1.5 percent of NO2. Scientists found
that Viet Nam also suffers persistent organic substances with content not lower
than SO2. High concentration of SO2 is the reason that causes acid rain,
harmful to crops and agricultural production.
Viet
Nam Net – September 5 - http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/environment/162890/scientists--chinese-exports-polluting-vietnam-through-red-river.html
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