National Assembly deputies propose population reduction in inner Hanoi to reduce pollution

Proposal not to repair high-rise buildings and degraded apartment buildings but to relocate them

Continuing the First Session, on the morning of April 12, the 16th National Assembly discussed in the hall about the draft Capital Law (amended).

Delegate Pham Van Hoa (Dong Thap Delegation) was interested in the mechanisms and policies assigned to the Capital, including assigning the City People's Council to regulate cases of electricity and water cuts.

Delegate Hoa asked, previously, the National Assembly did not agree with this content, recently when amending and supplementing the Capital Law, it also did not agree, why is it still proposed now?

According to the delegate, we have very sharp tools to implement, there are sanctions for those who do not comply with the provisions of the law, it is not necessary to cut off electricity and water.

Also according to the delegate, recently and for many years, the air quality in Hanoi Capital has been very low, below average, and below average.

Therefore, the delegate believes that to solve the core and fundamental problem of air pollution and environmental pollution in Hanoi, in addition to the objective cause of climate change, the main subjective cause is humans.

The delegate analyzed that Hanoi concentrates too many residents, many high-rise buildings, factories, hospitals, schools, and central agencies.

To fundamentally solve air quality, for future generations to enjoy a clean and fresh air, first of all, population reduction and migration out of the inner city area must be carried out.

For high-rise buildings and degraded apartment buildings, they should not be repaired, but must be relocated. According to him, we would rather sacrifice and lose in the short term so that our children and grandchildren can enjoy it in 5, 10, 20, 30 years. To solve this problem, we must find social housing for people.

According to the delegate, another problem caused by humans is that we use too much fuel. Those fuels, in addition to people's daily needs, also include factories, enterprises, and industries.

Previously, we said we would relocate people and then move industrial factories and enterprises out of Hanoi Capital, outside Hanoi, but now it can be counted on the fingers of one hand," the delegate said and proposed to pay attention to this issue.

Lack of public schools, the situation of extra classes and tutoring is common

Delegate Trinh Thi Tu Anh (Lam Dong) said that regarding the development of education and training, current regulations do not have clear policies on developing the public school system; have not identified a sufficiently clear mechanism to develop the public high school network at the rate of population growth.

At the same time, there is no "guaranteed reception capacity" orientation for the public school system; public school development has not been linked to the actual needs of each urban area.

Every year, Hanoi has about 140,000-150,000 secondary school graduates, while the quota for the public high school system is only about 80,000 places.

This leads to only about half of students having the opportunity to enter public schools. The 10th grade entrance exam is therefore always very competitive, and is assessed by society as one of the exams with the greatest pressure on secondary school students.

According to the delegate, this pressure is not only in the exam, but also lasts throughout the 9th grade learning process, leading to the phenomenon of extra classes and tutoring becoming common, affecting the rest time and psychology of students at a very young age.

From the above analysis, the delegate suggested that it is necessary to continue to study and supplement more clearly the orientation and mechanisms and policies to develop the public school system.

This addition aims to create a more complete legal basis for the Capital to proactively balance the development of the public school system in accordance with the population size, urbanization rate and increasing learning needs of the people.

Thereby, contributing to reducing the pressure of enrollment at the beginning level, stabilizing social psychology in education, and ensuring the right to access fair and quality education for students in the Capital.

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