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Chairman Chung: Hanoi to turn 98 hectares of vacant land on Thang Long Avenue into forest
By Anh Kiet 12:03, 2016/08/17
​On August 15, at the meeting with voters in Hoan Kiem District, Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung stated that Hanoi plans to plant about 45,000 trees along Thang Long Avenue, the longest of its kind in Vietnam.
 
Chairman Chung: Hanoi to turn 98 hectares of vacant land on Thang Long Avenue into forest
Chairman Chung: Hanoi to turn 98 hectares of vacant land on Thang Long Avenue into forest
 
The tree planting will help green up the city from Ba Vi outlying district to the National Convention Centre, Chung said. According to him, in the short term, around 20,000 trees will be planted. Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung also clarified the issues related to tree planting and pruning garden flowers, ornamental plants.

The Capital City hopes to make a progress in managing trees in 12 inner districts, including a plan to grow one million new trees by 2020. To achieve the target, the city has consulted scientists and relevant offices about which types of trees should be planted. 

Thang Long Avenue has the length of 30km and the width of 140m for six lanes of vehicles. It connects Hanoi’s inner part with satellite urban areas, such as Xuan Mai, Mieu Mon, and Son Tay, and tourist sites, including Ba Vi, Suoi Hai, and the Vietnam Ethnic Cultural Village. With its one end at Ho Chi Minh National Highway, it also links Hanoi with other localities.

Nguyen Duc Chung said about 3 years ago, the City has done socialization policies for planting trees. However, the nature of socialization is not from private funds, but still took the money from the city budget to order tree planting. According to Hanoi Chairman, the main "order" which led many companies embarked on tree planting should not control the quality. 

Nguyen Duc Chung also stated oriented future, the city will turn 98 hectares of vacant land on Thang Long Avenue into a forest stretching from Ba Vi to the National Convention Centre. Specifically, Hanoi will plant about 45,000 trees on the Avenue, first of some 20,000 oil palm plantation under 4 beds. Entire trees were planted on Thang Long Avenue is now presented by enterprises.
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