The ministry reported that 57 out of 63 centrally-run cities and provinces nationwide have approved their solid waste management plans. Notably, a project on strengthening urban solid waste treatment management launched by the Ministry of Construction and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City has hit a number of important targets. Photo for illustration Mai Thi Lien Huong, head of the ministry’s Department of Technology Infrastructure said that after four years, the project has helped improve urban solid waste management capacity of the localities, implementing Hanoi’s plan in the field and making a similar plan for Thua Thien-Hue. The project also collected data on solid waste management, while organizing conferences and training courses in both Japan and Vietnam, thus raising management officials and enterprises’ awareness of environmental protection. According to Naoki Kakioka from JICA in Vietnam, data gathered over the past four years will be helpful for Vietnam in enhancing solid waste management. Recently, the Ministry of Construction issued guidelines on pricing the price of solid waste treatment services. The ministry is also finalizing a plan on investment in waste treatment system and solid waste treatment services. Source: VNA
HCM CITY (VNS) — Ninety per cent of waste in Viet Nam is buried by an outdated, environmentally ineffective method that is costly and requires large plots of land, delegates heard at a conference held last week in the central province of Binh Thuan. HCM City leads with 7,000 tonnes of waste per day, most of it buried. "Burial of waste is the easiest and cheapest method, but it needs a huge area, at least 10 – 15 hectares," Chu Van Hai, director of HCM City's Testing and Analysis Service Centre, was quoted as saying in the Sai Gon Giai…... [read more]
HCM City buries much of all its solid waste instead of classifying and processing it, thus affecting the environment, and officials are calling for seeking investment from more sources and greater use of technology. According to Vo Thanh Huynh Anh of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, of the 72,000 tonnes of waste generated every day, around 60 percent are buried underground instead of being appropriately classified and treated. It is done by the HCM City Ltd. One Member Urban Environment and Vietnam Waste Treatment Ltd. Company, both State-run utilities. The rest is processed to make compost fertiliser by…... [read more]
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh city Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan talks with investors. (Photo: PANO)According to the city People’s Committee, in the 2007-2017 period, each day, the city generated 8,700 tons of solid household waste, 1,500-2,000 tons of industrial and hazardous waste, and 22 tons of medical waste. Forecasts show that by 2030, the amounts of household waste, and industrial and hazardous waste are expected to increase by 2,000-3,000 and 1,000 tons per day, respectively. As the forecast and increasingly high demand in waste treatment, the Ho Chi Minh city People’s Committee targets to treat waste smartly to…... [read more]
Of note is the fact that the VWS is able to treat 5,000 tons of garbage per day. Its facilities inside the Da Phuoc Waste Treatment Complex includes state-of-the-art sanitary landfill, material recovery (recycling) facilities (MRF’s), US-standard composting facilities, transfer stations, water treatment facilities, landfill gas collection plants and solid waste collection services.Kevin Moore, Managing Director of VWS, told the delegation that as VWS highly values sustainable development, the firm has invested in solutions to ensure the complex operates smoothly, especially when the facility is overloaded or during power outages. With this proactive approach, VWS is set to handle a…... [read more]
Representatives of the Finnish businesses (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Several Finnish businesseshave expressed their desire to work with Vietnam Waste Solutions Co., Ltd.(VWS) in converting waste into renewable energy during their recent trip to VWS’sHo Chi Minh City-based Da Phuoc waste treatment complex. Petri Peltonen, Finnish Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs and Employment,said he believes that collaboration will help produce more solutions to treatwaste and create renewable energy, meeting sustainable development requirements. He noted that as a big and populous city, HCM City needs more cutting-edgetechnologies to facilitate waste treatment and renewable energy creation. The Finnish firms were interested in…... [read more]
