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Hanoi calls for Austria’s investment in waste treatment

Hanoi will create the most favourable conditions for Austrian enterprises to invest in water and waste treatment, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.
Hanoi calls for Austria’s investment in waste treatment ảnh 1Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung (R) and ​Austrian Ambassador to Vietnam Thomas Loidl (Source: hanoimoi.com.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi will create the most favourable conditions forAustrian enterprises to invest in water and waste treatment, said Chairman ofthe municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.

Themunicipal mayor made the affirmation at a meeting on November 22 with AustrianAmbassador to Vietnam Thomas Loidl and representatives from MUT, which specialisesin providing solutions related to theenvironmental technology.

He said Hanoi is calling for foreign investment in constructingwaste treatment plants in Ba Vi, Soc Son and Chuong My districts.

The city plans to mechanise collection of waste in all districts across thecity in January next year, and strives to put waste treatment plants in thethree mentioned-above districts into operation by 2020, he revealed.

He added that Hanoi is working hard to dredge canals and treat environmentalpollution in rivers and lakes, and improve clean water supply systems.

For his part, Thomas Loid proposed future cooperation orientations, expressing hishope that the cooperation between Hanoi and Austrian investors will develop stronglyin the coming time./.


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