Vietnam Environment Administration Director General Nguyen Van Tai talks with Vietnam News about the environmental challenges Vietnam is facing and what to expect in the future.
The Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD) will provide 142,877 USD in official development assistance (ODA) to a project on solid waste management in An Giang.
Quang Ngai has become the first locality to host a 120-billion-VND (5.5 million USD) pilot project funded by the World Bank to build a concentrated area for medical waste treatment.
It is vital for Vietnam to design a master plan with short- and
long-term targets for the country’s participation in the global carbon
market, as emphasised at a seminar held in Hanoi on March 5.
Solid waste continues to increase rapidly throughout the country, and
is expected to reach a high rate of 44 million tonnes annually,
starting this year, a report from the Centre for Environmental
Monitoring Portal (CEM) has warned.
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific (ESCAP) launched a regional workshop in the central province of
Binh Dinh on September 24 focussing on pro-poor and sustainable solid
waste management in secondary cities and small towns.
Vietnam has to deal with a series of environmental protection
challenges, particularly the management of solid waste due to increased
urbanisation and industrialisation.
Nearly 70 percent of Vietnam’s population are living in rural areas,
producing over 31,500 tonnes of household solid waste a day, of which
between 40 and 55 percent is collected, data has showed.
As many as 45 out of 63 cities and provinces nationwide have come up
with their own master plans for solid waste management, said a senior
official at a Hanoi workshop on August 11.
A recent study has revealed that the economic benefits of wastewater
collection and treatment systems far surpass their investment costs,
radio The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) reported.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Vietnam have
signed agreements for two loans and a non-refundable grant worth nearly
166 million USD to improve urban environment and climate resilient
infrastructure in three local cities.
Environmental pollution in the collection, transportation and treatment
of solid waste is developing in a complicated way, the Environmental
Crime Prevention and Fighting Police told a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City
on November 1.
Hanoi and the Ile-de-France region has signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) prioritising cooperation work on urban planning,
tourism promotion, heritage preservation, public transport development,
water supply and drainage, solid waste management and environment
protection.
The fourth Regional 3R Forum
in Asia is a new opportunity for Vietnam to learn from 30
Asian-Pacific nations’ experience in waste management, Deputy Prime
Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has said.
An international workshop on solid waste management and treatment was
held on March 11 by the Can Tho City People’s Committee in coordination
with the AKIA project ( Germany ) in Vietnam.
Vietnam needs to adopt more environmentally-friendly ways of managing
and disposing of solid waste, which is forecast to continue increasing
due to the country's continued rapid industrialisation and urbanisation.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on July 18 launched a technical
assistance project for three class-2 cities in the target provinces of
Quang Nam , Dak Lak and Ha Tinh.
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