Newly planted red maple trees on a road divider on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Hanoi. — Photo courtesy: Hanoi Urban Green Tree Company LtdHanoi (VNA) - Hundreds of mapletrees have been planted on Nguyen Chi Thanh, Lang Ha and Tran Duy Hung streetsin Hanoi in the past weeks to increase the capital’s green space.
Speaking at a conference in the city lastSaturday on the need to plant more trees, Chairman of the Hanoi People’sCommittee Nguyen Duc Chung said with thedevelopment of the tree care industry, some temperate trees, including redmaple, could be planted in Vietnam, reported Tien Phong (Vanguard) onlinenewspaper.
“A year from now, we will be able totropicalise red maple trees,” he said. “Their red colour will be preserved aswhen planted in the European climate zones,” he said.
Some experts, however, are concerned aboutthe adaptation of the red maple tree to the tropical weather of Vietnam.
About 500,000 trees were planted in Hanoiby the end of 2017 as part of the city’s efforts to have one million trees by2020 to improve the air quality and urban landscape.
The city expects to have an average greenarea of 8sq.m per capita by 2030.
Chung said people in the city loved growingplants and flowers on their rooftops and in balconies and hallways. - VNA
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