Regulations on eco-industrial parks to be issued
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) will include basic regulations on eco-industrial parks (EIPs) in some draft decrees to be submitted to the Government for consideration later this year.
To form EIPs, it is necessary to set higher standards for greenhouse gas emissions and waste treatment and encourage the use of recycling and energy reuse technologies.
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| The meeting takes place in Quang Nam province on September 29 (Photo: baodautu.vn) |
By June 2016, Vietnam had 321 industrial parks and export processing zones. They housed over 6,600 FDI projects and 6,200 domestically invested projects with a combined capital of over US$105 billion and VND693 trillion (US$31 billion).
Businesses in industrial parks account for more than 50% of industrial production value and 53% of export revenue of Vietnam every year, said Tran Duy Dong, Director of the MPI’s Economic Zone Management Department.
However, industrial activities are posing numerous challenges to the environment and human health. Up to 16% of operational industrial parks haven’t had wastewater treatment plants, and 20% of industrial waste is hazardous.
Therefore, building EIPs is critical to improving production efficiency and environmental protection, Dong said.
The MPI is working with the UNIDO to carry out a US$4.5 million project on implementing the EIP initiative for sustainable industrial zones in Vietnam. The project is piloted in the industrial parks of Khanh Phu (Ninh Binh province), Khanh Hoa (Danang city), and Tra Noc 1 and 2 (Can Tho city).
