Bac Ninh cleans up the most polluted craft village in the province

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After hundreds of polluting paper production facilities stopped operating, Bac Ninh City launched a general cleaning campaign and created an environmental landscape in Phong Khe ward.

According to the plan, at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday (March 1, 2025), at the double road area, Phong Khe I Industrial Cluster, the People's Committee of Phong Khe Ward (Bac Ninh City, Bac Ninh Province) will take the lead in organizing the cleaning of internal roads, alleys, hamlets and axes and roads in the ward. Conducted the planting of 100 scattered trees, with the participation of more than 1,200 students, youth union members, members of the Women's Union, Farmers' Association, the City Military Command, functional agencies and people in Phong Khe ward.

The cleaning of internal roads and axes and routes will be carried out regularly by Phong Khe ward.

The Bac Ninh City Construction Project Management Board will collect and treat remaining household waste in the ward; dredge the drainage system; Phong Khe Ward People's Committee will plant 100 flower bushes. The completion time is before March 30, 2025.

The implementation of the plan aims to collect and treat waste, construction waste dumped in the wrong place; clear sewers, clear forest dust... in Phong Khe ward.

Thereby, creating a bright, green, clean, beautiful environmental landscape, building and forming a cultural lifestyle and urban civilization among all classes of people.

Phong Khe craft village in Phong Khe ward, Bac Ninh city has a long tradition of making paper.

The paper craft has brought a prosperous life to local people but also left serious environmental consequences for decades.

Recently, this is one of three environmental pollution hotspots that Bac Ninh province has identified as having to be completely handled.

Through the work of mobilizing, inspecting and handling violations by the authorities of Bac Ninh province, up to now, 200 paper production facilities in residential areas in Phong Khe ward have stopped operations and relocated factories. In addition, 135/137 paper production facilities located in Phong Khe 1 and 2 industrial clusters have also stopped operating.

The facilities have voluntarily dismantled factories, machinery, incinerators... to stop operations according to the policy of Bac Ninh province, helping the environment here to have positive changes.

The People's Council of Bac Ninh province has also issued a Resolution on regulations on policies to support production termination and job conversion at production facilities causing serious environmental pollution in Phong Khe ward - Bac Ninh city, Van Mon commune - Yen Phong district, Phu Lam commune - Tien Du district, Bac Ninh province.

To completely resolve the pollution problem, Phong Khe paper craft village is oriented by Bac Ninh province to be converted into a dry port and logistics service area with a total investment of 4,600 billion VND.

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