VWS Hands over U.S.-Tech Garbage Collection Trucks to Vietnam Localities

Vietnam Waste Solutions (VWS), a unit of California Waste Solution (CWS), has recently gifted two eco-friendly garbage trucks each to Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City and the southern provinces of Long An and Kien Giang, state media reported. The trucks, cost $500,000 each, is the first special-use units of their kind in Vietnam and with technology from the U.S. Each can carry ten tons of garbage and is equipped with a waste compression compartment. They also have a sewage leachate container to prevent effluents from running onto the street. Mr. David Duong, president of California Waste Solutions and CEO of Vietnam Waste Solutions’ Da Phuoc integrated waste-treatment facility in HCM City’s Binh Chanh district, said his company imported just six trucks for trial due to the high price. It hopes to import a larger number in the years to come, especially when the demand for the vehicle increases. It could tie up with local partners to set up a plant and obtain the technology from the U.S. to manufacture the vehicles in the country so that the price would be more reasonable, he said. U.S. Consul in HCMC Mary Tarnowka in her congratulatory remarks at the event on November 8, said Vietnam Waste Solutions’ investment not only provides an important municipal service but also incorporates tens of millions of dollars in U.S. equipment exports and U.S. technologies for treating contaminated liquids, recycling waste and converting waste to energy. She quoted U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink as saying “the U.S. is invested in Vietnam’s success.” Since the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement took effect in 2001, their trade had grown by over 3,000%, she said. (VTV, tienphong.vn)