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.
The five-year project has a total investment of nearly US$59 million, including US$50 million in loan from the World Bank.
It will be initially carried out in the four provinces of Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Ba Ria–Vung Tau and Dong Nai.
The project will help enhance the institutional and technical capacity in the field, while encouraging the community to engage in supervising implementation of environmental protection regulations.
Vu Dai Thang, Head of the Industrial Zone Management Department under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, said the project will set up observation stations to control waste discharged into the rivers, establish a fund for enterprises to build waste water treatment systems, and improve environmental quality management capacity.
Accordingly, 17 automatic water quality observation stations will be set up in these provinces.
At least 10 industrial zones will receive preferential loans to build their waste water treatment systems, while 2.500 officials will be trained to improve their pollution management capacity.