Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai inspected environmental protectionin the southern industrial hub of Binh Duong on July 4.

At a working session with provincial officials, the Deputy PM hailedthe province for its good work in the field, particularly the collectionand treatment of waste.

He voice approval ofBinh Duong’s plan to call for private enterprises’ investment in wastetreatment, adding that the Government will create favourable andpreferential conditions to facilitate this plan.

Deputy PM Hai also said the government will consider the province’sproposal on allowing the use of Official Development Assistance (ODA)capital for the follow-up phases of waste treatment projects in thelocality as well as preferential tax policy for enterprises’ investmentin waste treatment.

The Deputy PM made afact-finding tour of the Nam Binh Duong waste treatment complex and thewaste water treatment facility at Thu Dau Mot City.

The Nam Binh Duong complex was built on a 100ha site at a cost ofmore than 466 billion VND (22.2 million USD), 42.76 percent of which wasfunded by the Netherland’s ODA. It has a daily capacity of processingand recycling 1,000 tonnes of normal garbage and 150 tonnes ofindustrial waste.

Meanwhile, the Thu Dau Motwaste water plant was built with Japanese ODA. It has a treatmentcapacity of 17,650 cu.m. of waste water per day and night.-VNA