The SEEN Technologies, the Tuan Cuong Construction and Investment, and the Viet Nam Water, Sanitation and Environment joint stock companies, all based in Ha Noi, plus the Da Nang-headquartered Le Vu JSC, have together won a bid totalling over 158 billion VND to upgrade the Khanh Son landfill in Hoa Khanh Nam Ward, Lien Chieu District, Da Nang.

Work will start on the upgrade project in this month. The project is expected to be completed within 420 days.

Since its operation in 2007, the Khanh Son landfill has been an urban solid waste treatment facility with sanitary landfill technology.

Over recent years, the landfill has been emerging as one of the city’s environmental pollution hotspots, adversely affecting the health of the local residents as well as their daily lives.

The city is now facing challenges in dealing with a large volume of untreated solid waste. It is reported that, every day, between 850 and 900 tonnes of solid waste are collected from across the city and buried at the landfill.

The Khanh Son landfill site is expected to be full by May 2020, and its working life is likely to end no later than 2021.

By HOANG HIEP - Translated by MAI DUNG