Ho Chi Minh City turns 243 garbage dumps into parks, veggie gardens
Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 22:16 GMT+7
Ho Chi Minh City has removed 989 unauthorized rubbish dumps and converted 243 others into parks and vegetable gardens so far, according to the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
The department reported that the city had an additional 113 polluted sites caused by piles of garbage in 2022.
However, units in the city cleared 136 polluted sites and turned 50 others into parks, vegetable gardens, and sports courts last year.
Since 2019, the city has warned nearly 17,900 violators of environmental protection regulations and fined over 26,000 others VND37.8 billion (US$1.6 million).
Districts in the city have called on private enterprises and residents to monitor environmental hygiene and fund the installation of more than 4,800 surveillance cameras in 2022, taking the total cameras in the city to almost 45,400.
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| The rubbish dump in Cat Lai Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City before being cleared. Photo: Cat Lai Ward Women’s Union |
The Women’s Union of Cat Lai Ward in Thu Duc City under Ho Chi Minh City recently coordinated with the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and residents in the ward to turn a 1,000-square-meter garbage dump into a vegetable garden.
They can harvest about 400-500 kilograms of vegetables from the garden per month and provide them for kindergartens and households in the ward, said a representative of the Women’s Union of Cat Lai Ward.
Revenue from vegetable sales will be used to support disadvantaged households.
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| The site is now a playground for children. Photo: Cat Lai Ward Women’s Union |
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