This project is expected to be put into operation in 2018 with an area of 5.3 hectares and a total investment of VND 1.050 billion.

Mr. Shao Qichao, General Director of Can Tho Everbright Environmental Protection Holdings Ltd (the Project Management Unit), said that this is the first project using waste incineration technology to treat domestic wastes in Vietnam.

With this technology, after the garbage is processed, besides generating electricity, only 5 percent of ash is buried; solid wastes, liquid wastes and exhaust fumes will be treated up to standard before being discharged into the environment.

The duration of the project is 22 years, of which, the operating time of the plant is 20 years with the capacity of processing 400 tons of daily wastes and generating 150.000 kWh per day.

According to Mr. Shao Qichao, the plant will create jobs for 45 Vietnamese workers who will be offered four-month training in China before working for the incinerator.

Mr. Vo Thanh Thong, Chairman of Can Tho People’s Committee, said that on average, the city must collect and process over 650 tons of domestic wastes per day; the collection rate is about 85-90%.This waste is collected, transported and processed at solid waste treatment areas in O Mon, Thot Not and Co Do districts by filling and non-recoverable energy burning technologies.

“The city requires a modern domestic waste treatment plant, using advanced technology to handle all daily wastes and ensure the environmental criteria”, said Mr. Vo Thanh Thong.

According to Mr. Vo Thanh Thong, the Everbright International Company was selected from 7 units both in and out of the country for investment, after surveying the real projects that the company has made in China. So, Everbright International Company and its affiliated unit, Can Tho EB Environmental Energy Limited, are requested to carry out the right schedule and content of the undertaking, ensure the environment, security and work safety and especially right as the approved profiles.

Also, the Department of Construction and the People’s Committee of districts should provide the garbage enough as the content being signed. The relevant units monitor and support the investors to complete the plan as scheduled.

Mr. Hu YanGuo, Deputy General Director of Everbright International, said that Everbright started environmental treatment projects and operated in the field of environmental protection and green energy in 2003.

Currently, the company has 213 projects in 80 provinces and cities in China, Germany, Poland and Singapore. Particularly, in the field of energy- from- waste incineration, Everbright owns the technology with the highest emission standards in the world. The company has 68 projects of burning wastes to energy with a capacity of more than 70.000 tons per day.

According to Mr. Hu YanGuo, although the scale of the project in Can Tho is not large, it is an important milestone when the company officially invested in the energy - from - waste incinerator in Vietnam and marks the Everbright’s cooperation with Vietnam in the field of environmental treatment.