KOICA helps Vietnam research waste recycling Thoa Nguyen By Thoa Nguyen - The Saigon Times Daily HANOI – The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Hanoi University of Science and Technology on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding on research capacity building and waste recycling technology development and transfer in Hanoi. Under the cooperation, the South Korean government will grant US$1.5 million via KOICA to help Vietnam build a center for developing the waste recycling technology, aiming to help recalling valuable resources in waste. The project not only includes researching and analyzing equipment but also recycling technology transfer from South Korea. As part of the program supporting Vietnam building a green strategy, the project will help Vietnam achieve the target of the National Strategy on Environmental Protection until 2020 and a vision towards 2030, which is to have 85% of solid waste recycled. In addition to improving the capacity of … [Read more...] about KOICA helps Vietnam research waste recycling
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South Korea to give Vietnam $1.5 million USD in non-refundable aid to build center of technology development for waste recycling
Recently, the signing ceremony of agreement memorandum of the project to strengthen the research capacity of waste recycling technology between Koreaan International Cooperation Agency Korea (KOICA) and Hanoi University of Technology took place in Hanoi. According to this agreement, from 2013 to 2015, through KOICA, Korea Government will give Vietnam 1.5 million U.S. dollars in non-refundable aid to build center of technology development for waste recycling to strengthen capacity to retrieve valuable resources in waste. The project not only supports research and analysis equipment, but also transfers the technology of waste recycling, focusing on electronic waste (e-waste). As the project is implemented, it would contribute in the effort to achieve the goals of environmental protection strategy by 2020 and national vision by 2030, which is 85% of solid waste being recycled. Besides, Vietnam Government is making effort to improve the environment as well as searching for solutions of … [Read more...] about South Korea to give Vietnam $1.5 million USD in non-refundable aid to build center of technology development for waste recycling
RoK assists USD1.5 million to improve research capacity on waste recycling in Vietnam
Accordingly, in the 2013-2015 period, the government of the Republic of Korea (RoK) will provide non-refundable aid worth USD1.5 million through KOICA to build a centre for was recycling technology development in order to improve the capacity to tap valuable resources in waste. The project will not only support equipment for research and analysis, but also transfer waste recycling technology, focusing on e-waste. The project will contribute to the success of the national strategy on environmental protection until 2020 and vision to 2030. Accordingly, 85% of solid waste will be recycled by 2020. In addition, the Vietnamese government is making efforts to improve the environment, as well as seeking solutions to reuse waste sources towards sustainable development goals./. … [Read more...] about RoK assists USD1.5 million to improve research capacity on waste recycling in Vietnam
Most waste recycling enterprises still use backward technology
HCM City now has nearly 800 waste recycling businesses but many of them are small and use outdated technology, causing serious environmental pollution, according to the HCMC Waste Recycling Fund (Refu). Le Van Khoa, director of Refu, told the Daily at a press conference on HCMC's Fourth Recycling Day in 2011 that was held here on Monday that almost all the waste recyclers in the city do not meet the standards, except for one in Binh Chanh and another in Cu Chi District. "The waste recycling technology in HCMC has not undergone upgrades in the past four years," said Khoa. He said it was hard for the companies to improve their technology while they were receiving scant incentives, especially those involving capital, tax and land, for revamping their production. Khoa said the heavy tax on production of plastic bags, at up to VND50,000 per kg, would be applied when the law on environmental protection tax came into force early next year. However, the city has just four producers of … [Read more...] about Most waste recycling enterprises still use backward technology
City firms suggest waste recycling industrial park
City firms suggest waste recycling industrial park By Van Nam - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – HCMC-based waste recycling enterprises proposed the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment establish an industrial park specializing in waste recycling. At a meeting on Tuesday in preparation for the foundation of the HCMC Waste Recycling Association, the participating firms said a recycling industrial park would help tackle environmental pollution and provide them with a wider space to invest in technology and thoroughly treat wastewater from recycling activities. Truong Dong Tam, director of Yellow Star Co. Ltd., a recycling company in District 7, said waste recycling enterprises have been waiting for the establishment of a recycling industrial park. The city-based recyclers are willing to join in infrastructure development provided that the municipal authority takes charge of site clearance. Huynh Phu Nam, director of the HCMC Waste Recycling Fund, informed there … [Read more...] about City firms suggest waste recycling industrial park