Secretary Thang inspects the place where the bad smell is spreading in South Saigon
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Dinh La Thang and representatives of many departments and agencies of Ho Chi Minh City inspected and worked at the Da Phuoc Waste Treatment Complex.
On the afternoon of September 6, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Dinh La Thang and the inspection team of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, representatives of functional departments had a working session with representatives at the Da Phuoc Waste Treatment Complex (Da Phuoc Commune, Binh Chanh District).
The meeting lasted more than 3 hours. According to Mr. Nguyen Toan Thang, Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Ho Chi Minh City, this was just a meeting and inspection between Secretary Dinh La Thang and relevant departments regarding waste treatment at Vietnam Waste Solutions (VWS).
According to Zing.vn's source, after working with VWS representatives, Secretary Dinh La Thang and the inspection team went to survey waste treatment technology and visit the garbage mountains at the complex.
On August 11, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee issued a document stating that in order to implement the Notice of Conclusion of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee on the Solid Waste Treatment Plan for the period 2016-2020, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee assigned the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Natural Resources and Environment to review, supplement, and complete the implementation plan with a system of comprehensive measures for solid waste treatment for the period 2016-2020.
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| Inside Da Phuoc Waste Treatment Complex. |
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee requested solutions and roadmaps to quickly and thoroughly handle and fix current solid waste treatment areas, while coordinating with the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health to take care of and ensure the health of people living around waste treatment areas.
In addition, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee also requested the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to soon seek investors to treat solid waste with modern technology with the motto of transparency.
The Department of Natural Resources and Environment is responsible for coordinating with other departments and agencies to work with the management board of the Da Phuoc Waste Treatment Complex on solid waste treatment prices, solutions for using new technology instead of landfilling; acceptance solutions, and unifying the inspection and supervision of service quality.
At the Government Press Conference on the afternoon of August 31, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha said that the stench in the south of Ho Chi Minh City that people are suffering from is from the Da Phuoc landfill.
Then on September 3, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc directed the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee to clarify the causes of air pollution in District 7, Nha Be, Binh Chanh districts and Phu My Hung Urban Area, and at the same time have a plan to resolve this situation.
Da Phuoc Waste Treatment Complex (also known as Da Phuoc landfill) started construction in July 2005, in Da Phuoc commune, Binh Chanh district, Ho Chi Minh City. The project is expected to cover an area of 138 hectares, divided into four phases, operating for 24 years. In phase 1 of the project, a landfill with an area of approximately 30.6 hectares and a space volume of approximately 3 million m3 was built. The landfill was designed with a capacity of 10,000 tons of waste/day. The project officially operated from November 2007. Da Phuoc landfill is advertised as operating with very modern American technology, especially in foundation treatment, landfill waterproofing, minimizing odors, recycling waste and producing compost. However, after being put into use, Vietnam Waste Solutions (VWS) said that because Ho Chi Minh City did not organize waste classification at the source, the waste was mixed with everything, making it impossible to organize recycling or produce compost as originally planned. |
According to Zing
