Hanoi (VNA) – The usage rights of greenhousegas and air pollution interactions and synergies (GAINS) model has been transferred to the Departmentsof Natural Resources and Environment (DoNREs) of Hanoi, Bac Ninh, and Hung Yen.

This is part of activities within the framework of the cooperation project onscientific support in pollution management in Hanoi between the Vietnam Academyof Science and Technology (VAST) and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).

Associate Professor Nguyen Quang Trung Ph.D, Director of the Centre for Training,Consultancy and Technology Transfer under VAST, said the project aims to contributeto efforts in alleviating air pollution in Hanoi and other northern localities throughthe application of the GAINS model – a support tool for air quality management builtby IIASA and adjusted to Vietnam’s conditions.

The project has completed all basic set goals thanks to support from a numberof Vietnamese and foreign agencies, especially in the coordination of personaltraining for the DoNREs.

To increase the practicality of the project, the centre and IIASA handed over theresearch results and usage rights of the model, as well as instructiondocuments to the DoNREs of all three localities.

At the handover ceremony, research results related to the GAINS model and itsapplication in managing air quality were introduced.

Participants also mentioned the current situation and forecast the level ofemissions and health impacts caused by air pollution in Hanoi, Bac Ninh, andHung Yen, as well as emission reduction scenarios and policy recommendations tolocalities, especially the introduction of craft village application to collectenvironmental data in such villages. –VNA