The capital city of Hanoi will set up concentrated wastewater treatmentsystems at its 16 industrial clusters during the 2014-2015 period.
Under the project, which has been recently approved by the HanoiPeople’s Committee, the first seven clusters with such wastewatertreatment systems are scheduled to run in 2014.
Themunicipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment is partneringwith other departments, branches, agencies, districts and organisationsto accelerate communications campaigns to raise public awareness ofindustrial pollution management.
In the short-term, the citywill form a network of communications workers covering industrialpollution management and establish models of environmental protectionwith the participation of residents and workers at craft villages andindustrial areas.
Hanoi, at present, houses 47 industrial clusters, of which only seven has concentrated wastewater treatment systems.
More than 90 percent of wastewater volume in Vietnam has not yet beentreated so far, causing serious environmental pollution, experts said.
The nation targets to treat over 80 percent of its total wastewater volume by 2025.-VNA
Under the project, which has been recently approved by the HanoiPeople’s Committee, the first seven clusters with such wastewatertreatment systems are scheduled to run in 2014.
Themunicipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment is partneringwith other departments, branches, agencies, districts and organisationsto accelerate communications campaigns to raise public awareness ofindustrial pollution management.
In the short-term, the citywill form a network of communications workers covering industrialpollution management and establish models of environmental protectionwith the participation of residents and workers at craft villages andindustrial areas.
Hanoi, at present, houses 47 industrial clusters, of which only seven has concentrated wastewater treatment systems.
More than 90 percent of wastewater volume in Vietnam has not yet beentreated so far, causing serious environmental pollution, experts said.
The nation targets to treat over 80 percent of its total wastewater volume by 2025.-VNA
