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Seminar looks to find best waste treatment model for Vietnam

Seminar looks to find best waste treatment model for Vietnamese localities

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Vietnam Environment Administration (VAE) organised a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on June 12, selecting a waste treatment model that suitable for Vietnam’s development conditions.
Seminar looks to find best waste treatment model for Vietnamese localities ảnh 1A lack of proper solutions to the problem is harming the environment. (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’sVietnam Environment Administration (VAE) organised a seminar in Ho Chi MinhCity on June 12, selecting a waste treatment model that suitable for Vietnam’sdevelopment conditions.

According to VEA deputy general director Nguyen Hung Thinh, fast-growingeconomy and population growth pose great challenges in waste management andtreatment.

Urban citizens dump about 38,000 tonnes of waste per day while the amountgenerated in rural areas is 32,000 tonnes, he said, stressing that only 85percent of the garbage is treated in cities and some 40-50 percent in rurallocalities.

As a lack of proper solutions to the problem is harming the environment, Thinhcalled sector, branches and localities to apply advanced technologies as wellas enhance technology transfer between domestic and foreign firms to bettertreat waste.

Park Jung-jun, deputy director of the Republic ofKorea’s Ministry of Environment’s Environmental Industry and Economy Division,stressed that the RoK has overcome various environmental issues, and it hasdeveloped the world’s leading technologies for waste treatment.

The RoK is able to provide a wide range of environmental equipment andsolutions which suit conditions in each country, he said, adding that thecountry has operated 377 environmental projects in 82 countries worldwide,including Vietnam.

Park said in the coming time, the RoK will boost international cooperation inthe sector, supporting developing countries with their environmentalimprovement plans by inviting experts to study RoK’s waste treatment models,and providing training courses for Vietnamese officials and experts.

Meanwhile, Mai Huy Tan, director of the Vientam-Germany Bridge Ltd, said thatGermany’s INTEC-Thermolytic Cracking Process (TCP) technology can treat allkinds of waste without classification at source. Besides, the belt chain canwork more than 30 years and does not cause any harm to the environment.

The seminar washeld on the sidelines of the 11th International Exhibition onEnvironmental Technology, Energy and Environmentally-friendly Products (ENTECHVietnam 2019) at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) in HCMCity's District 7, which takes place from June 12-14.-VNA
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