Germany to Fund EUR7M to Build Wastewater Treatment Plants in Vietnam IZs

The German government will finance EUR7 million for the AKIZ project to build wastewater treatment facilities in industrial zones in Vietnam from now up to 2014, said participants at a kicking-off ceremony in Can Tho Mar. 24. The project will be piloted in the Can Tho-based Tra Noc IZ, where 128 enterprises discharge directly 12,500 cu.m of untreated water a day, which seriously damages the surrounding environment. AKIZ is a joint research project by scientists from the German University of Written’s Institute of Environmental Engineering and Management and seven universities and institutes of Vietnam.