Major water plant in Binh Duong operating at higher capacity

Tan Hiep water treatment plant in Binh Duong (Photo: VNA)

Binh Duong (VNA) - The Tan Hiep watertreatment plant in Binh Duong province, an industrial hub in southern Vietnam,began operating at a higher capacity on April 15, of 250,000 cubic metres (cum) per day as the result of an upgrading project.

Run by the Binh Duong Water - Environment JSC(BIWASE), the plant treats water from the Dong Nai River for supply to businessesand residents in Thu Dau Mot city, Tan Uyen and Ben Cat towns, and Bac Tan Uyenand Bau Bang districts.

With investment of more than 1 trillion VND(43.4 million USD), the project to raise the plant’s capacity by 100,000 cu mper day was one of the largest of its kind in the southern region and Vietnamas a whole.

It was funded with 16 million USD in unsecuredloans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Japan InternationalCooperation Agency (JICA), via a Government guarantee.

Chikahiro Masuda, representative of the JICAVietnam Office in HCM City, said that through this official developmentassistance, JICA provided the first loan within its private-sector investmentfinance framework for the water sector in Vietnam.

He expressed a belief that the project willcontribute to local socio-economic development and relations between related partiesand Binh Duong authorities./.

VNA