Japanese company interested in water supply project in Dong Nai
Dong Nai (VNA) – Representatives from Japan’s Kobelco Corporation expressed their
desire to invest in the Nhon Trach 2 water supply plant project in the southern
province of Dong Nai at a working session with local authorities on March 1.
They said
besides construction, steel and machinery, the corporation has a unit
specialising in water treatment – Kobelco-Eco Solution, which boasts advanced,
energy-saving and environmentally-friendly technologies.
According to Tran
Van Vinh, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, with a population
of more than 3 million, the province is forecast to need around 1 million cu.m of
water per day. However the capacity of its current system is about 400,000 cu.m
per day.
In 2014, the
Nhon Trach 1 water supply plant (the first phase) with a capacity of 100,000
cu.m per day was built with Japan’s official development assistance (ODA)
capital.
Dong Nai is
implementing the second phase of the plant (Nhon Trach 2) with a loan of 15
billion JPY (132 million USD) from the Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) to bring its total capacity to 200,000 cu.m per day.-VNA