Vietnam Hanoi Plans $2.62M for Waste Dumps

Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi has approved VND54 billion ($2.62 million) projects on building four waste disposal sites in a move to cope with the rising waste problem and ensure environmental hygiene for the city. The four projects, invested by the municipal Department of Construction, will be carried out in Me Linh, Dong Anh, Thanh Tri and Gia Lam outlying districts. Accordingly, a 4.25-ha waste dump will be built in Me Linh, with a daily capacity of 300 tons of garbage, which will receive construction rubbish discharged from Me Linh, Cau Giay and Tay Ho districts. Another facility will occupy an area of 3.2 ha in Dong Anh. With a daily capacity of 300 tons of garbage, the dump will receive construction rubbish from Dong Anh and Long Bien districts. Construction rubbish from Thanh Tri, Hoang Mai and Thanh Xuan districts will be collected at a 7-ha dump having a daily capacity of 400 tons of garbage in Thanh Tri district. A similar dump with a daily capacity of 400 tons of garbage will be built in Gia Lam to gather construction rubbish from Gia Lam and neighboring areas. Hanoi authorities have also asked its Construction Department to complete investment procedures in the third quarter of 2011.  The capital city is likely to run out of room for garbage by 2012, experts warned, adding that the rate of waste discharge is growing at a pace of 15% per annum. (Sai Gon Giai Phong – Saigon Liberation Aug 6, Thoi Bao Ngan Hang - Banking Times Aug 8 p14, hanoi.vietnamplus.vn Aug 4)