The Republic of Korea (RoK)'s government on April 13 pledged a US$900,000 grant to help Vietnam implement a project to enhance its industrial sector’s capacity to protect the environment.

Through the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in Hanoi, the RoK side will offer technological consultancy and organise training courses as well as provide Vietnam with the appropriate equipment. In addition, joint research programmes on the environment will be conducted.

Significantly, under the framework of the project, environmental monitoring- and- controlling technology will be also transferred to Vietnamese concerned agencies.

According to the KOICA press release, the project is the follow-up phase of a project, which aimed to help enhance Vietnamese key industries’ capacity in protecting the environment.

The first phase project was sponsored by KOICA, from 2003 to 2005.

Worth US$600,000, the first phase project helped transfer waste treatment technologies to Vietnam, especially for those discharged by the dyeing industry. (VNA)