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However, given recent reports about how Hanoi's BRT system failed to reach its full potential, decreasing bus ridership in Saigon and low interest in recent innovative pilots. (pilots)

done as an experiment or test before introducing something more widely.

"If good decisions are made now, water systems can be strengthened to withstand shocks such as climate change and ensure current and future generations reap the benefits of water." (withstand)

remain undamaged or unaffected by; resist.

Authorities have taken note of the issue and are looking for remedies. (remedies)

a means of counteracting or eliminating something undesirable.

Increased monitoring and random inspections, along with enforcing fines, will be critical to improving water conditions, along with investing in infrastructure such as flood protection measures. (inspections)

careful examination or scrutiny.

Pesticide use, livestock waste and aquaculture pollution reduce the quality of water. Improved crop selection and value chains in the agriculture sector, for example, could mitigate the problem. (mitigate)

lessen the gravity of (an offense or mistake).

A recently released World Bank study finds that a lack of proper drainage systems, treatment plants and oversight, coupled with limited access to clean water and climate change, could cost the nation 6% of its GDP by 2035 (oversight)

the action of overseeing something.

According to Tuoi Tre, the humongous bánh xèo was cooked on a custom-made skillet made by artisans from a traditional bronzeware craft village in Quang Nam Province. (artisans)

a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.

There is no vaccine against it and, because of its relatively long incubation period and citizens' tendency to scoff at quarantines, there is little hope it will be contained anytime soon. (scoff at)

speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.

To combat the problem, Vietnam has enlisted assistance from the military and implemented strict quarantine measures. (quarantine)

impose isolation on (a person, animal, or place); put in quarantine.

The virus is easily transmitted through bodily fluids, as well as contaminated foods, surfaces and objects. Ho Chi Minh City Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director Nguyen Phuoc Trung suggested...(contaminated)

having been made impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance

The couple agrees to build a subsidized new toilet, to be repaid in installments, and the quality of life in Tan Xuan increases one toilet at a time. (subsidized)

support (an organization or activity) financially

The mosquito bites on one's exposed derrière are also a particularly tingling reminder of the experience. (derriere)

euphemistic term for a person's buttocks.

Many Saigoneers whose hometown is in the Mekong Delta might retain vivid childhood memories of defecating in wooden outhouses perched atop a river or fish pond. (defecating)

discharge feces from the body.

When one is living below the poverty line, food, education and daily survival take precedence over toilet facilities. (precedence)

the condition of being considered more important than someone or something else; priority in importance, order, or rank.

Thanks to a new film, we get a look at Chung’s adept persuasion skills and affable disposition while she undertakes one of the most important tasks in improving rural livelihoods in Vietnam. (disposition)

a person's inherent qualities of mind and character.

but she’s aware that the art of the sale is more than just parroting from a script: it’s also about forming an emotional rapport with her subjects, with a bit of strategic thinking sprinkled on top. (rapport)

a close and harmonious relationship

Pham Long urged that the street parallel to the walls be reopened, which means demolishing the houses on it. (demolishing)

pull or knock down (a building).

Le Van Suu, principal of the Vietnam Fine Arts University, told the news source that while the aesthetic merits of these murals are yet to be studied and assessed, they definitely hold historical value (aesthetic)

a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, especially in art.

doesn't include much work produced in the early development period of the École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine, as the number of sculptors trained then was scarce. (scarce)

occurring in small numbers or quantities; rare

It’s estimated that the government of Japan will rake in JPY50 billion (VND10.8 trillion) from the tax in 2019. Hung believes that Vietnam can do the same. (rake in)

accumulate

...on migration and travel policies for Vietnamese citizens that Vietnam should start imposing a departure tax on those traveling out of the country (impose)

force (something unwelcome or unfamiliar) to be accepted or put in place.

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