On the afternoon of November 1, in Hanoi, the provincial delegation, led by Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Hai Minh, had a working session with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on the contents related to projects on planning, green transportation and climate change. Mr. Shantanu Chakraborty, the ADB Country Director for Vietnam, worked with the delegation.

Plastic waste is not biodegradable, which can only break into small pieces and float everywhere. With the exposure to sunlight, it may take many centuries to decompose. Those very familiar everyday small objects such as straws and bottle caps could take from 100 to 500 years to decompose; while it takes from 500 to 1,000 years for the flimsy plastic bags, and from 50 to 200 years for convenient foam cups to decompose, etc. Our environment and health are extremely negatively affected by plastic waste. It directly impacts soil, water, and air, which also creates favorable conditions for many disease-causing bacteria.

That was what Ms. Aler Grubbs, Director of The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Vietnam, affirmed in a courtesy meeting with the Vice Permanent Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Binh on the afternoon of September 13.

In the context of economic difficulties nationwide, leading to a decline in investment capital, Thua Thien Hue is gradually asserting itself as an attractive investment destination with great potential and prospects, coupled with an increasingly favorable environment, especially in terms of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) capital.

That is the confident statement of many students after completing a free-swimming class organized by the Chi Thien Fund for Children this summer. Sharing with Thua Thien Hue Weekend about the idea of implementing the Free-Swimming Program, Mr. Hoang Trong Thuy, Director of Chi Thien Fund for Children, Chief Representative of Taiwan’s Zhi-Shan Foundation in Vietnam, shared:

Developing eco-tourism sites associated with streams and waterfalls is one of the directions that Nam Dong district has been focusing on and will continue to exploit.