HCM City's People’s Committee has taken several steps to solve pollution in four canals in HCM City's Thu Duc District and District 9.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance is launching a plan to put a tax charge on anyone who buys petrol.

 Giant Motors, an automaker partially owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, is working on a prototype electric taxi to replace the gas-guzzling cabs polluting Mexico City's air, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to introduce 800 new buses that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) by the end of this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Concerted efforts are needed to reduce pollution and improve the landscape near slums along canals and rivers in HCM City, including investment from the private sector,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Water resource organisations work to maintain a stable flow and reduce pollution in the Red-Thai Binh river system as illegal sand miners continue to devastate the riverbed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After her family finishes their meals, the first thing that 13-year-old Nguyen Thi Anh Duong does is to collect the remaining food and wrap it in a bag.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A shortage of land for cemeteries in Hanoi is causing pressure on the planning and expanding of cemeteries, officials said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai on Saturday inspected river systems in the south and west of Ha Noi with a view to initiating measures that will restore water flows and reduce pollution.