Tiếng Việt
普通话
The bidding execution of waste-to-energy projects was discussed by HCMC Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong at a meeting with relevant agencies on the city’s socioeconomic performance in the first five months of this year on June 4.
Reporting on the execution of the bidding process, Nguyen Toan Thang, director of the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment, stated that, as regulated, the total time to complete procedures and organize a tender is 786 days. If some steps of the process are cut, the time will be reduced to 541 days, Thang added.
The department on May 19 held a tender to choose consultants for these projects. Another tender will be opened in July to select investors for the waste-to-energy projects. It is expected that the department will announce the winners of the tender in the second quarter of 2020.
On seeing the tenders’ timeline, Phong asked the relevant units to reduce the time taken. However, Thang remarked that it is forbidden to skip certain steps and procedures.
Phong voiced concern over the rising amount of waste being discharged into the environment each day. The city alone faces 8,900 tons of waste, exclusive of medical and industrial garbage, every day, whereas the waste is mainly treated by burying it.
Besides this, Phong questioned some departments and agencies regarding the slow relocation of facilities utilizing September 23 Park to conduct their business, asking Le Hoa Binh, director of the HCMC Department of Construction, to report on their progress.
Binh noted that as the Department of Transport had handed over the management rights to the department quite late, the relocation of the facilities at the park is still under preparation. After drawing up a plan, the department will report it to the city’s authority.