Garbage has piled up as high as mountains at two landfills in Go Quao and Giong Rieng Districts in Kien Giang Province, southern Vietnam, whereas a waste treatment plant which has been built since 2017 remains incomplete.

Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper found that garbage at the largest landfill in Go Quao District has overflowed to the sidewalk of the nearby National Highway 61.

Passers-by have to suffer the nauseating smell from the landfill. 

The wind brings the repugnant odor to adjacent residential areas, turning residents’ lives upside down, H., a local, said.

Ca Uoi, an official in Go Quao District, admitted that the landfill in the district which covers over one hectare had been overloaded.

Ten metric tons of garbage is discharged to the landfill per day.

The district is waiting for the operation of the waste treatment plant so that the garbage can be treated, the official added.

Garbage at the 1.5-hectare landfill in Giong Rieng District has yet to be treated either.

It is located in front of the long-delayed waste treatment plant.

Huynh Van Thai Quynh, vice-chairman of the administration in Giong Rieng District, told Tuoi Tre that the plant construction was commenced by Mai Tran II Co. Ltd. in 2017.

At the beginning, the company failed to buy land from local residents for the plant development, prolonging its construction.

When it completed buying the land, it turned out that its waste treatment technology was different from what was stated in the investment certificate.

Therefore, the plant has been suspended since then.

The plant was expected to treat garbage in Giong Rieng, Go Quao, and Chau Thanh Districts.

It carries a price tag of over VND78 billion (US$3 million) and was envisaged to have a capacity of 150-200 metric tons of garbage per day.

Quynh said the plant was anticipated to be put into operation this month.

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