[Vnbiz] [VNPH Family] Hanoi must make choices

[Duyen Nguyen]

Dear A Hoanh and CACC,

Thanks brother Hoanh for your pro-environment development analysis. I just
come accross an article in recent *Far Eastern Economic Review*, regarding
how China dealing with this. I hope that you can see similarity between
China and Vietnam.

Give me 2 cents for typing on very hot weekend in Hanoi as I could not
access FEER online.

Have a great week ahead.
Cheers

On 7/16/07, Hien Dao <hien at youthaidscoalition.org> wrote:
>
> [Vietnam Public Health Forum]
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>
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> Dear Brother Hoanh,
>
> It's so great to raise such ...hot issue concerning environment in Hanoi.
> So many problems to talk about, and you are all right. Just one thing, about
> using buses, i my self don't agree with. Such huge machines are so dangerous
> to others... Ah, I don't blame for that great machines, but the drivers, no
> thanks.
>
> Wish you all a great week.
>
> Hien
>
> On 7/15/07, Tran Dinh Hoanh <tdhoanh at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > [Vietnam Public Health Forum]
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear Serge & Brothers/Sisters,
> >
> > Very interesting question, brother Serge.  Who would want to slow down
> > development?  I think we all know the answer:  No one.  It is impossible to
> > convince someone, least of all a developing country that is trying to get
> > out of poverty, to slow down development. It is a losing position to try to
> > convince people to slow down development.
> >
> > Instead of trying to slow down, we must think about taking care of the
> > environment as development goes.  The truth of the matter is that in many
> > big cities of the world we have always had horrendous traffic jam and air
> > pollution, regardless how governments have tried to open new road and impose
> > stricter car exhaust standards.  That testifies to the natural fact that
> > development will always go one step ahead of environmental cleanup, just
> > like at home, we cook and eat and throw garbage around before we do house
> > cleaning.
> >
> > So instead of trying to convince governments to slow down development,
> > we need to constantly come up with environment-friendly development ideas,
> > like focusing on eco-tourism and keeping the envrionment green instead of
> > hotel blocks and booze and gambling; focusing on public transportation like
> > subway and buses;  enforcing environmental regulations on factories,
> > focusing on waste management, running a constant "clean and beautiful city
> > campaign," etc.
> >
> > In this kind of task, it would be wise for environment advocates to work
> > with tourism and public health authorities (because environment directly
> > affects tourism and public health), self-help groups of citizens with
> > serious environment problems (such as communities adversely affected by a
> > major factory), consumer advocacy groups (who would be able to organize
> > campaigns to boycott environmentally abusive companies) and industry leaders
> > (who understand the wishes of a consuming public who is constantly getting
> > smarter by the time).
> >
> > Instead of taking the position of "environment versus development," we
> > need to take the position of "environment-unfriendly development versus
> > environment friendly development."
> >
> > Have a great day!
> >
> > Hoanh
> >
> > On 7/14/07, Serge Doussantousse <sergefabali at yahoo.fr > wrote:
> >
> > > [Vietnam Public Health Forum]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear Family,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I am always puzzled by such title: "Hanoi must make choices" But the
> > > question is *who, what is **Hanoi* ... Economist, Publicist, Law
> > > Makers, UN officials Consumers, Citizens... are promoting / avid a kind of
> > > Development at all cost and there is not forum and space for alternatives...
> > > You ask the same people who are in power to do the opposite they were
> > > advocating 10-15 years ago... Can they do it... Do they want?... Not sure…
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the story…
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Serge Doussantousse
> > > Research Consultant
> > > tel: 020 2418398
> > > home 856 21-21 41 49 19
> > > Vientiane-- Lao PDR
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tran Dinh Hoanh, LLB, JD
> > > Washington DC
> > >
> >
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With best regards

Nguyen Van Duyen
Master of Environment Law (Sydney)
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