The Da Nang government has just issued plans to implement the project ‘Building Da Nang into an Environmentally-friendly City’ for the 2021 – 2030 period at a total cost of VND15,546 billion.

The greenery system on Bach Dang road creates a harmony towards a green city.

Of this, VND5,436 billion will be funded by the State budget, whilst VND3,200 billion from ODA capital, and VND6,910 billion VND from organisations and individuals in society.

The project aims to realise Da Nang’s target of becoming an ecological urban area by 2030 and creating a safe and healthy environment for local residents, visitors and investors from both home and abroad.

Under the plan, the project’s specific objectives are divided into key groups, namely environmental pollution prevention and control, environmental improvement, the solving of key environmental problems, the conservation of nature and biodiversity, capacity building and raising public awareness of environmental protection.

In detail, as for the environmental pollution prevention and control criteria, by 2030, there will be at least 3 eco-industrial parks and 25% of the public buses will run on electric motors. The rate of reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from electric  and renewable energy development solutions by 2030 will decrease by 5 - 7%.

With regard to the criteria set for environmental improvement, by 2030, 100% of the urban population will be provided with clean water through a centralised water supply system. The rate of standardised treated urban domestic wastewater will hit 95%.  More than 97% of collected and treated domestic solid waste will meet the prescribed standards. The rate of hazardous waste collected and treated in line with the regulations will reach 100%. Also, environmental pollution hotspots will be eliminated.

In the criteria for the conservation of nature and biodiversity, focus will be on ensuring no changes to land use purpose of natural and protection forests, promoting an increase in forest cover rate, maintaining the protected land area and protecting biodiversity, and ensuring that the allocation of public greenery land per capita in the inner-city areas will stand at 9m2 / person by 2025.

On the spotlight in capacity promotion and raising public awareness of environmental protection is to ensure that 100% of the local households carrying out waste sorting at the source will reach 100% by 2030, the rate of schools doing so will be 100% by 2025. 100% of feedbacks and recommendations on environmental pollution issues  will be promptly resolved.

Reporting by HOANG HIEP – Translating by A.T