At a periodic meeting for the Da Nang leaders held on Monday, representatives from specialised boards under the municipal People’s Council raised their deep concern over some issues which need to be resolved effectively in the coming time.

Included were the environmental treatment at the sluice gates along beaches, and plans for water environment improvement to the east of Son Tra District, along with measures for dealing with the environmental pollution at the Khanh Son Waste Dump, flooding points, and the degradation of some apartment buildings.

Addressing the meeting, municipal People's Committee Vice Chairman Nguyen Ngoc Tuan mentioned some solutions to the above concerning matters.

With regard to the problem of many farmers have kept cultivating fish in cages along the sections of Co Co River notorious for mass fish deaths, Vice Chairman Tuan pledged that he would direct relevant agencies and the Ngu Hanh Son District authorities to handle this issue in a prompt fashion.

As for solutions to severe salt-water contamination, the municipal government has instructed hydropower plants to regularly discharge water so as to push the salinity out of the water.

Alongside, the municipal Department of Construction will have to submit annual reports about water security to the city leaders.

In his remarks at the event, municipal People's Council Vice Chairman Le Minh Trung underlined a must-do for the municipal authorities to focus on speeding up the progress of some key projects in the coming time.

Notable amongst them are the Hi-tech and dedicated IT parks, dealing with technical infrastructure-related problems at some resettlement areas, appealing for investment in the construction of solid waste treatment complex, carrying out an anti-landslide project along the banks of the Cu De River, and especially, handling complaints from locals.

A meeting between the municipal People's Council authorities and local voters will be held late October with the aim of hearing about local issues of most concern to them.