Germany, VN discuss urban waste management

Vietnamese and German scientists joined a seminar on urban waste management held in Hanoi on August 19.

The seminar is part of a joint project between the two countries to seek effective and suitable solutions for the management of liquid and solid waste in Vietnam’s urban areas, especially in Hanoi.

According to Head of the project, Doctor Professor Peter Cornel, Hanoi and other Vietnam’s urban areas are lacking in water waste collection and treatment systems.

The project hopes to find out suitable waste management solutions in the firction of combining the existing infrastructure system with new waste treatment systems in new urban areas in the expanded Hanoi.-