Hanoi Capital, a land called “The city of rivers and lakes”. There are many natural lakes scattered throughout the inner city, this is also one of the characteristic factors that create its own identity and is the pride of the Capital people of the capital thousand years of civilization.
Potential in tourism economic development
The impression of Hanoi for visitors is not only “thirty-six streets”, motorbikes, pagodas and colonial architecture, etc. but also green trees and water surface. Martin Rama, a World Bank expert who lived for 7 years in Vietnam, recently wrote emotional lines: “With trees running around the lake, on small paths, or sometimes, the willow trees quietly silhouette on the surface of the lake, making the landscape of the residential areas around the lake more charming… Old people passionately exercise tai chi every early morning when the fog just melts away. In the afternoon, the lake is the place that attracts people to stop and drink some tea, peacefully, temporarily away from the bustling noise of the city. And for many people in Hanoi, the lake is also the place where they whisper their first love words, in the scent of Sua flowers “. Through this confession, we feel the breath of Hanoi lakes so close.
| Up to now, Hanoi has treated 90 inner lakes and 50 suburban lakes with the results highly appreciated by the people, the water quality meets the current standards, the lake water is clear and has no unpleasant smell, no longer in organic pollution, its eutrophication is limited, and treatment technology does not affect the aquatic ecology of the lakes. |
The system of lakes, ponds and lagoons in Hanoi (collectively known as Hanoi lakes) is a very important part of the city’s socio-economic development with functions such as regulating rainwater and minimizing waterlogging; scenic landscapes, historic sites; regulating microclimate in the area; as a place of organization of entertainment events and also plays an important role in preserving genetic resources and protecting biodiversity. In order to reduce flooding and improve landscape and environment, over the past years, Hanoi has focused on implementing drainage system improvement projects, including the renovation of regulating lakes: Giang Vo, Thanh Nhan, Thanh Cong, Thuyen Quang, Yen So lake group, Linh Dam, Dinh Cong, Ngoc Khanh, Dong Da, etc. were renovated in the drainage project to improve the environment in Hanoi.
As a scenic, historical relic, prominent among Hanoi lakes is Hoan Kiem which is considered the heart of Hanoi associated with the legend of King Le Thai To returning the treasure sword to Turtle God. The lake is also known as Luc Thuy lake because it has a green color year-round or Thuy Quan lake. After all, this is the place where the Court approved the marines. Visitors to Hanoi cannot help but see Turtle Tower, The Huc Bridge, Ngoc Son Temple – magnificent architectural works imprinted with nostalgic traces of time, and if you do not walk around the lake to feel a natural beauty, sophistication of Hanoi people and the peace of life, it can be considered as not coming to the capital.
It is West Lake, which is a particularly precious natural landscape, associated with many valuable historical and cultural heritage of the capital and the country. Around the West Lake, there are communal houses, temples, pagodas, shrines and palaces built to worship Buddha, Mother, Ngoc Hoang, the Holy Spirit, and the Vietnamese Gods. The spiritual culture of West Lake, the space of West Lake, the legend of West Lake is the meeting place of love, gratitude and loyalty of people. In Hanoi’s Master Plan to 2030, with a vision to 2050, West Lake is at the center of the central urban area, so it plays a particularly important role in the Hanoi Urban Development Strategy.
For the role of economic development, Hanoi lakes are a resource that is exploited directly for economic development through the function of trading entertainment services, organizing events on holidays and traditional New Year holidays such as on Bay Mau lake, Bach Thao, Thanh Cong, Thu Le, Ho Tay, etc. In the suburbs of Hanoi, in communal ponds, village ponds, pagodas, etc, they are the places to organize puppetry activities on festivals and associated with activities to maintain the culture and beliefs of the people.
For the microclimate regulation function, it can be said that the lake is the lungs of the Capital, has brought a peaceful, green, clean and pleasant environment for the people, for that reason, surrounding the lakes renovated, with their promenade where people live, exercise, entertain, create community relationships. For the function of storing genetic resources and protecting biodiversity, it is mainly concentrated in West Lake.
Let’s join hands to protect the lakes in Hanoi
The lake system plays an important role in the socio-economic development of Hanoi City. However, in the context of industrialization and modernization, human production and household activities have seriously polluted the environment in general and the water environment in particular. According to a report by the Center for Environment and Community Research (CECR), only 2% of about 120 lakes and ponds in Hanoi meet the quality requirements in the research criteria. Water pollution has been causing serious harm to the lake ecosystem, destroying the environmental landscape and directly affecting the lives of people in the area. Therefore, treatment of lake water has been an urgent issue in Hanoi.
The treatment of water pollution in Hanoi lake has been carried out since 2011, but the number of lakes to be treated is only 8 lakes because the steps are complicated, using many types of preparations, difficult to apply for many lakes. By the end of 2016, in order to find a sustainable that can multiply and treat 100% of inner lakes in Hanoi to improve the quality of lake water, ensure environmental sanitation and urban aesthetics. After exchanging with many partners and reputable companies in the field of water pollution treatment at home and abroad, the city authority has found the lake treatment technology with Redoxy-3C and delivered an implementation clue. Compared with previous treatment technologies, there are many advantages such as quick efficiency, simple steps, using only one inoculant, applicable to many lakes. The treatment to maintain the lakes has made the quality of the lake water stable and sustainable, and, in order to create a beautiful landscape on the lakes, contributing to maintaining the quality of the lake water, the installation of aquatic rafts, aerators and dredging of mud on the lake bed is also synchronized.
With many benefits that Hanoi lakes bring, to make Hanoi a tourist destination with the characteristic “the city of rivers and lakes”, and improve the living conditions of the people of Hanoi, promote its inherent functions in order to contribute to the socio-economic development of Hanoi, the investment in the synchronous improvement of the technical infrastructure around the arc should continue to be done, in addition to promoting the treatment of environmental pollution in lakes in Hanoi City to maintain lake water quality, especially lakes in districts/towns while there are many untreated lakes. The organization of communication and education to raise the community’s awareness of each citizen about environmental protection should be focused by local authorities. Each of the Hanoians surely want to contribute to bringing a green, clean, beautiful Hanoi worthy of the heart of the country, so let’s do this together to protect the living environment in general and the lake environment in particular with the specific action “Say no to drop litter, waste in the lakes”.
According to Economic & Urban Newspaper
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