HO CHI MINH CITY, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Ho Chi Minh City authorities are calling for foreign and local investors to apply new technologies in treating different kinds of waste or converting them into energy.
Vietnam's southern metropolis is also calling for investors to upgrade landfills and conduct environment monitoring, the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment said on Saturday, noting that every day the city discharges 7,500 to 8,000 tons of garbage, most of them end up at landfills.
According to an urban development plan, from now to 2020, Ho Chi Minh City will need 500 trillion Vietnamese dong (some 22.4 billion U.S. dollars) to develop its infrastructure. Of the fund, 34 percent will come from the state budget, and the remainder mainly from investors.
