VietNamNet Bridge – Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Org-anisation (NEDO) will help fund and build an industrial waste treatment system in Ha Noi that will also be used to generate electricity.

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Japan introduces waste treatment project in Hanoi

The high-tech waste treatment system will be built on a 1-hectare area at the Nam Son waste treatment complex in the suburban district of Soc Son.

The project will include the construction of an incinerator with a daily capacity of 75 tonnes of waste, an exhaust fume treatment system and heat recovery system connected to a 1.2 MW electricity generator, according to NEDO Chairman Seiji Murata.

The pilot project, which may be expanded to other cities in Viet Nam and throughout South-East Asia, aims to treat waste in a way that's environmentally-friendly while fostering sustainable development.

Work on the project, which has total investment of US$21 million, of which the Japanese side financed $17 million, will be carried out by NEDO in co-operation with Ha Noi authorities and relevant Vietnamese Government agencies.

The involved parties are expected to complete a feasibility study for the project by the end of November, review final assessments during December and sign an agreement by the end of this year.

Construction, production, installation, test runs and personnel training for the plant will be carried out in 2011 and 2012.

NEDO, under Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, specialises in advanced technologies relating to the environment, energy and industry.

* Polluters in Tay Ninh face shutdown   

Nearly 120 establishments and factories in southern Tay Ninh Province were told to resolve their environmental issues by the end of this year or face closure, the province's Environment and Natural Resources Department said.

They were found violating environment regulations.

VietNamNet/Viet Nam News