Provincial People's Council supervises compliance with environmental laws in Hung Nguyen district

Within the frameworkmonitoring planThe Provincial People's Council organized a field inspection at the Environmental Pollution Treatment Project of Hung Tay Commune Landfill (Hung Nguyen), and at the same time inspected the compliance with environmental protection laws at Saigon - Song Lam Beer Joint Stock Company.

The monitoring team inspected the environmental pollution treatment project at the landfill in Hung Tay commune. Photo: Tien Dong

At the Hung Tay Commune Landfill Environmental Pollution Treatment Project, up to now, the Hung Nguyen District Investment and Construction Project Management Board has completed the construction of the landfill treatment area and restored the site with an area of ​​5,351.22m2.²; build a surface drainage ditch with a length of 295m, arrange 5 collection pits and seepage pits on the ditch; construct a water collection tank around the landfill and plant 6,539 acacia trees on the ground.

Currently, 6,539 acacia trees have been planted on the pollution treatment area, with 4,163 trees still missing. Photo: Tien Dong

Currently, tree planting on the contaminated treatment area has not been completed, 4,163 trees short of the plan.

Working at Saigon - Song Lam Beer Joint Stock Company, the monitoring delegation listened to the company representative's report on compliance with environmental protection laws. Saigon - Song Lam Beer Joint Stock Company's beer factory officially came into operation in 2009 with a designed capacity of 100 million liters/year.

Currently, the company has built a centralized wastewater treatment system with a treatment capacity of 2,500m³/day and night. In which, production wastewater and domestic wastewater are collected in the collection tank through the garbage separator to remove large garbage and solid waste and then pumped to the balancing tank. After that, the wastewater will be treated through many systems before flowing into the regulating lake and discharged into the environment.

The monitoring delegation listened to a report on environmental protection work of Saigon - Song Lam Beer Joint Stock Company. Photo: Tien Dong

Regarding exhaust gas treatment, during the production process, the factory generates dust from the malt milling and rice grinding stages. The milling equipment system has a Cyclone filter and a cloth bag filter to recover malt and rice. In addition, the solid waste treatment is contracted by the unit with collection and treatment units according to the provisions of law. Environmental monitoring of wastewater and exhaust gas is also carried out at a frequency of 4 times/year.

Working with Saigon - Song Lam Beer Joint Stock Company, the monitoring team also requested the company to clarify a number of issues related to the location and location of wastewater discharge after treatment into the environment; the collection and treatment of solid waste and hazardous waste during the production process...

The monitoring team inspects the wastewater settling pond of Saigon Song Lam Beer Joint Stock Company before discharging it into the environment. Photo: Tien Dong

After the on-site inspection, the monitoring team also worked directly with the leaders of the People's Committee of Hung Nguyen district. According to the report, the most concerning environmental issue in Hung Nguyen is the pollution caused by uncollected and unprocessed domestic waste. The district does not have a centralized solid waste treatment area, so littering along the roads still occurs, causing pollution and loss of aesthetics.

The monitoring delegation worked with the People's Committee of Hung Nguyen district. Photo: Tien Dong

In addition, in the district there is currently VSIP Nghe An Industrial Park, the industrial park's wastewater has been treated according to regulations. However, domestic wastewater of households and individuals in the area has only been preliminarily treated, there is no centralized wastewater treatment system.

In 2022, the whole district generated 17.1 tons of domestic solid waste, of which only 14,950 tons were collected; in addition, there were 361.99 tons of industrial solid waste and 27.26 tons of hazardous waste...

At the meeting, representatives of the professional departments of the Provincial People's Council and mass organizations participating in the monitoring delegation also requested the People's Committee of Hung Nguyen district to clarify a number of issues related to the protection of surface water resources, especially the situation of discharge into Lam River; the situation of using plant protection drugs; the issue of environmental monitoring for large-scale production and business establishments in the area...

At the end of the working session, the monitoring delegation also received and recorded a number of suggestions from the People's Committee of Hung Nguyen district related to the implementation of environmental protection laws. Among them, there was a recommendation related to the proposal to study and adjust the price of collection, transportation and treatment of domestic waste in the area.

Comrade Hoang Anh Tien - Vice Chairman of Hung Nguyen District People's Committee answered some opinions of the monitoring delegation. Photo: Tien Dong

The People's Committee of Hung Nguyen district also expressed its opinion regarding the planning of the Solid Waste Treatment Complex in Hung Yen Nam commune in 2013. However, after the ecological cemetery was approved for planning, the solid waste treatment complex was removed from the land use planning from 2018 to present.

Therefore, there is currently no centralized waste treatment site in the area. Therefore, the People's Committee of Hung Nguyen district requests the Provincial People's Committee to allow continued transportation of domestic waste for treatment at the Nghi Yen Solid Waste Treatment Complex (Nghi Loc).

Comrade Cao Tien Trung - Head of the Economic - Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council chaired the working session with Hung Nguyen district. Photo: Tien Dong

In his concluding remarks at the meeting, Comrade Cao Tien Trung - Head of the monitoring delegation emphasized: Hung Nguyen District People's Committee needs to focus on educating people about environmental protection and waste classification at source. Review production and business establishments to ensure compliance with environmental protection regulations...

Based on the actual monitoring results and recommendations and proposals from the locality, the monitoring team will work directly with relevant departments, branches, and the Provincial People's Committee, and at the same time complete the report to submit to the Provincial People's Council at the next session.