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A ceremony to sign a project on improving Hanoi’s capacity of managing water drainage works took place in the capital city on August 9.

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has asked for the Prime Minister’s permission to build a wastewater treatment plant with a total cost of 522 billion VND (23 million USD).

The Government Inspectorate (GI) has released findings of egregious wrongdoing in the implementation of a number of BT (Build-Transfer) and BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) infrastructure and environmental projects in Hanoi.

Dutch-owned company Royal Haskoning DHV has recently signed a contract with the Ba Ria – Vung Tau Urban Sewerage and Development Company (BUSADCO) for a complete wastewater solution benefiting over 175,000 residents of the Phu My New Urban Area.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) met with leaders of southern Dong Nai province on July 10 to work on the progress of Japan-funded water supply and drainage projects.

Officials of Can Tho city had a working session with a visiting delegation of Japan’s Nagasaki-Vietnam Friendship Association on July 3, discussing stronger cooperation in environmental protection.

Some 5,000 craft villages across the country have been seriously polluting the environment and threatening the health of residents in surrounding areas.

The Binh Son Oil Refinery Co Ltd was honoured with the National Environment Award 2017 by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment for its applying effective solutions in production and business activities, and in environmental protection.

Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited Company in the central province of Ha Tinh has completed 52 out of 53 environmetal protection tasks required of it after violating regulations on environmental protection, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).

A gas processing plant in U Minh district of the southernmost province of Ca Mau, designed with a capacity of 6.2 million cubic metres per day, will finish trial operations and begin commercial production in June 2017.

Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities are struggling to reach the target of having wastewater treatment systems at all export processing zones, industrial parks and industrial complexes by 2020.

As many as 30 out of 32 industrial zones of the southern province of Dong Nai have built wastewater treatment plants with combined capacity of more than 135,000 cubic metres per day, said the provincial People’s Committee.

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.

Hanoi is calling for investments into wastewater treatment projects from 2016 – 2020, in a bid to protect the environment for sustainable development.

Wastewater treatment is an urgent issue of public concern, especially in the face of climate change and development of industrial parks and industrial clusters, authorities have said.

A new technique that helps improve water drainage in urban areas has been proposed by a Japanese company. The technique will help clean underground pipelines without digging them up, saving energy and cost, and can be applied in emergencies.

The JICA and the People’s Committee of southern Dong Nai province have reached consensus on the funding for a drainage and wastewater treatment project in Bien Hoa city after 10 years of negotiations.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency in Vietnam has proposed a construction duration of 36-38 months for a Japan-funded water drainage and wastewater treatment project in Dong Nai province.

HCM City has begun the second phase of an environmental sanitation project at a cost of more than 524 million USD, city authorities announced.

The central provinces of Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Tri are working to ensure the progress of paying compensation covered by Taiwanese Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation.