The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on February 2 signed a $100 million loan facility agreement with China Everbright International Limited (CEIL) to help a series of municipal waste-to-energy (WTE) plants in primary and secondary cities in the Mekong Delta.
PSNews- Only 60% of the 13,000 health centers in the country has medical waste treatment facilities, meeting the required standards, and most of them are central- and provincial-level hospitals, said Ms. Nguyen Thi Lien Huong, Director of the Health Environment Management Department under the Ministry of Health.
PSNews-Local function forces have cleaned up the sea and beaches, collecting and moving away some 9 tonnes of wastes and clotted oil pushed ashore by waves to the coastline of Nui Thanh district, Quang Nam province, said Tran Van Anh, Director of the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
The company reportedly directed coal sludge into the Thi Vai River in Dong Nai Province.