The US$400mil-project includes cleaning up the lakes in Yen So Park, located 6km south of Hanoi in Hoang Mai District. The five relatively large lakes in the isolated park are currently filled with heavily polluted and toxic stagnant water.
Yen So Park has been holding more than 50% of Hanoi’s waste water. The water is later released into the Hong (Red) River without treatment, according to Dr Lim Phaik Leng, chief consulting director for the Yen So Park Project. Leng said that the current system is leading to massive destruction of the park’s environment and horrible odours stemming from the lakes.
The Ha Noi People’s Committee has granted an investment licence for the incorporation of Gamuda Land Viet Nam Ltd, a wholly foreign-owned enterprise of Gamuda, Malaysia. The company will export its expertise and technological knowledge for the Yen So Park Project.
The first step in the park’s rehabilitation will be to clean the five lakes, polluted after years of receiving Hanoi’s waste. The work will see the dredging of the bottom and sides of the lakes, and an improvement on the lake’s edge to restore the water retention capacity. The transformation of Yen So Park should help improve the water quality of the Yen So canals and lakes.
