The first phase of the project has an investment capital of 20.8billion JPY (220 million USD), funded through the Japan InternationalCooperation Agency (JICA).
It will be carried out incommunes south of the Huong (Perfume) river. It includes theconstruction of 280km of sewers, nine pumping stations and a waste watertreatment plant with a daily capacity of 20,000 cu.m, dredging parts ofthe An Cuu, Phat Lac and Nhu Y rivers and erosion prevention works.
The project aims to mitigate flooding in the city and collect andtreat waste water, improve the quality of the Huong and other rivers andthe ecological environment, and improve the living conditions andcommunity awareness of environmental sanitation.-VNA