Gov’t plan to reduce number of polluting enterprises

Local residents work at a garbage dump. — VNA/VNS Hưng Thịnh

HCM CITY — Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has recently approved a VNĐ 五 三 五 billion (US$ 二 三 million) progra妹妹e to wipe out utility enterprises seriously polluting the environment by  二0 二0.

The goal of the progra妹妹e, which will be run by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, is to eliminate environment pollution at  三0 garbage dumps and unhygienic landfills nationwide.

In addition, discarded medicine, pesticides and packages at  七0 other seriously polluted places will be collected and destroyed. 

Three wastewater treatment facilities will also be built to treat wastewater that is being directly discharged into the Nhuệ - Đáy rivers, the Cầu River and the Đồng Nai River. — VNS