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WB-funded project helps reduce pollution in rivers

A project to manage industrial pollution in the basins of Dong Nai, Nhue and Day rivers was launched in Hanoi on April 2.
A project to manage industrial pollution in the basins of Dong Nai,Nhue and Day rivers was launched in Hanoi on April 2.

The project has atotal investment of nearly 59 million USD, including 50 million USD inloan from the World Bank.

The five-year projectaims to reduce the environmental pollution at industrial zones on thebanks of the Dong Nai, Nhue and Day rivers.

It will be initially carried out in four provinces of Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Ba Ria–Vung Tau and Dong Nai.

The project will help enhance the institutional and technical capacityin the field, while encouraging the community’s engagement in thesupervision and implementation of environmental protection regulations.

Vu Dai Thang, Head of Industrial Zone ManagementDepartment under the Ministry of Planning and Investment said theproject will set up observation stations to control waste dischargedinto the rivers, establish a fund to encourage enterprises to buildwaste water treatment systems, and improve environmental qualitymanagement capacity.

Accordingly, 17 automatic water quality observation stations will be set up in the basins of the three rivers.

At least 10 industrial zones in the four provinces will receivepreferential loans to build their waste water treatment systems, while2.500 officials will be trained to improve their pollution managementcapacity.-VNA
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