The Prime Minister recently approved a project to improve the environment at the Chu Lai Nui Thanh urban area in the Chu Lai Open Economic Zone, Nui Thanh district of central Quang Nam province, through 2019.

In the short term, the project is set to build new local wastewater treatment and drainage facilities and upgrade existing ones with the aim to treat 80 percent of Chu Lai Nui Thanh’s wastewater by 2020 and deal with floods.

The long-term goal is to make the Chu Lai Open Economic Zone a multi-sector economic hub and turn Chu Lai Nui Thanh into a civilised and modern urban area prioritising the development of industry and tourism and commercial services.

The expected cost of the project is nearly 33.8 million EUR (36.7 million USD), including 25 million EUR (27.2 million USD) sourced from German official development assistance.-VNA