Wastewater treatment plant in Moc Bai IP put into operation
A wastewater treatment plant was put into operation on March 22 in Moc Bai TMTC industrial park (IP) in Ben Cau district, the southern province of Tay Ninh.
A wastewater treatment plant was put into operation on March 22 in Moc Bai TMTC industrial park (IP) in Ben Cau district, Tay Ninh province. (Source: VNA)
Tay Ninh (VNA) - A wastewater treatment plant was put intooperation on March 22 in Moc Bai TMTC industrial park (IP) in Ben Caudistrict, the southern province of Tay Ninh.
Invested by Taekwang Group of the Republic of Korea (RoK), the 15-million-USD plantcovers an area of 4 hectares. It is able to treat 20,000 cu.m of wastewater per day.
The treated wastewater willbe discharged into biological lakes and a nearby canal for further treatment beforereusing.
The MocBai TMTC industrial park has a total area of 108 ha, 71 ha of which is earmarkedfor industrial production. It has so farattracted 7 investors from the RoK and China with total registered investmentof over 50 million USD.
Four factories are under construction at theindustrial park while another was already put into operation.-VNA
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A wastewater treatment plant was put into operation on March 22 in Moc Bai TMTC industrial park (IP) in Ben Cau district, Tay Ninh province. (Source: VNA) 
