All health facilities in Hanoi are expected to have standard wastewater treatment systems by 2020 and five years later, all hazardous medical waste from the facilities should be collected and treated properly.
A delegation from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) had a working session with the People’s Committee of Binh Duong on February 22 to discuss cooperation in investing in environmental projects in the southern province.
Only two of 28 industrial complexes in the northern province of Thai Binh have wastewater treatment systems, according to the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
A new wastewater treatment plant in the southern province of Binh Duong with a daily capacity of 20,000cu.m was officially put into operation on November 30 after 18 months of construction.
The capital city of Hanoi will focus on wastewater treatment systems in all industrial parks by 2020 as part of its efforts to enhance environmental protection.
HCM City has improved environmental protection by completing a legal framework for the purpose and, refusing licences for polluting plants and generally tightening environment management and oversight
Standard medical wastewater treatment systems have been set up in only 60 percent of total 13,000 healthcare clinics nationwide, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long at a conference held in Hanoi on March 30.
Twenty traditional craft villages that were identified as Hanoi's worst polluters will receive Government funds totaling 100 billion VND to build wastewater treatment systems by 2020.
Industrial parks nationwide discharge more than a million cubic metres of wastewater each day, 75 percent of which is untreated and harmful, according to a workshop held in Hanoi on December 1.
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