Symposium discusses prospect of eco-industrial parks in Vietnam
A symposium held in northern Hai Phong city on September 19 looked into the global trend of eco-industrial parks (EIPs) and their prospects in Vietnam.
Pham Van Moi, head of the Hai Phong Economic Zone Authority, speaks at the symposium on September 19 (Photo: VNA)
Hai Phong (VNA) – A symposium held in northernHai Phong city on September 19 looked into the global trend of eco-industrialparks (EIPs) and their prospects in Vietnam.
According to the Institute of Strategy andPolicy on Natural Resources and Environment (ISPONRE), EIPs have been opened inmany countries which do not see industrial parks as separate entities butinter-connected systems. In these parks, waste in industrial production isgradually eliminated towards zero emissions.
The industrial waste management through the EIPmodel is considered an effective approach that generates economic andenvironmental benefits and is feasible in Vietnam. However, this necessitatessynchronous policies from planning to infrastructure development and financialsupport to expand EIPs, the ISPONRE said.
This model features industrial symbiosis, whichmeans businesses cooperate with others in the same industrial park or otherparks to optimise input and output factors like materials, waste, energy, wasteand scrap during their production and business process. Through thiscooperation, they form a network for exchanging production serving factors,sharing infrastructure and services and improving operations.
In Vietnam, a study has been conducted toconsider applying the EIP model in Bien Hoa 1 and 2 industrial parks insouthern Dong Nai province. The Ministry of Planning and Investment and the UNIndustrial Development Organisation have also carried out an EIP initiativetowards a sustainable industrial park model, the institute said.
Pham Van Moi, head of the Hai Phong EconomicZone Authority, said local industrial parks and economic zones have attractedprojects from major businesses of the Republic of Korea, Japan, the US and HongKong (China). They have applied modern equipment and technologies that areenvironmentally friendly, save energy and manufacture products with high-addedvalue.
He added industrial parks in the city havecomplied with regulations on environmental protection and waste treatment,ensuring industrial waste meets Vietnamese standards before being released intothe environment.
To turn Hai Phong into a green civilized andmodern city, it is working to build new EIPs and transform existing parks likethe Dinh Vu, Nam Dinh Vu, or the one of the Hai Phong International GatewayPort into EIPs, the official noted. –VNA
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Pham Van Moi, head of the Hai Phong Economic Zone Authority, speaks at the symposium on September 19 (Photo: VNA) 
