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HCM City waste treatment effort lauded

Allen Warren, Vice Mayor of Sacramento in the US’s California, spoke of Vietnam Waste Solutions Inc. (VWS)’s waste treatment technology while visiting a waste treatment complex in HCM City on Nov. 10.
HCM City waste treatment effort lauded ảnh 1Sacramento delegation visits Da Phuoc solid waste treatment complex in HCM City (Photo: vov.vn)

HCM City (VNA) - Allen Warren, Vice Mayor of Sacramento in the US’s California, spoke of Vietnam Waste Solutions Inc. (VWS)’s waste treatment technology while visiting the Da Phuoc Solid Waste Treatment Complex in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Chanh district on November 10.

Leaders of the VWS told the guest the scale and operation of waste treatment plants in the complex.

Warren said the US-funded VWS is now operated by overseas Vietnamese businesses. Currently, the number of Vietnamese students pursuing their education in Sacramento is very high, and they are interested in the investment environment in their homeland, he noted.

He added that this is his second visit to Vietnam, and he will do his utmost to promote cooperation between the two countries.

He expressed his belief that the collaborative ties between Vietnam and the US – and particularly between HCM City and Sacramento – will thrive.

The VWS is a licensed Vietnamese Corporation that is fully owned by the California Waste Solutions, Inc. (CWS), a California-based corporation. It specialises in providing waste management services to Vietnam .

The founder of VWS is David Duong, a Vietnamese-American citizen. He is also Chairman and CEO of California Waste Solutions, Inc. (CWS).-VNA

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