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Rapid urbanisation and high population density are putting pressure on Ho Chi Minh City in the management and treatment of waste.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has approved the construction of three plants to generate electricity from waste using advanced technologies, and work on them will start in September and October, according to the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan on April 8 asked the northern province of Hai Duong to reduce the practice of burying of waste and called for more investors to building waste treatment plants using advanced technology.

Ho Chi Minh City has invited local and foreign companies to bid on a waste treatment plants that is expected to reduce pollution and contribute to a greener and more beautiful urban area.

The application of new waste treatment technologies is now a national urgent requirement amidst the mounting waste volume and shortcomings of current disposal methods, heard a seminar held in Hanoi on December 21.

The Korean Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) wants to study cooperation opportunities in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho to build waste treatment plants.

Hanoi authorities have sped up the construction of waste treatment projects as well as preparing to put new plants into operation.