The plant is expected to treat a total of nearly 14,000 cu.m of wastewater per day, said Lee & Man Vietnam’s Executive General Director Patrick Chung.
The company’s representative said its environment assessment report was approved in 2008 by the provincial authorities after being considered by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
A US$349 million paper pulp mill with a yearly capacity of 330,000 tonnes, which is also located in Hau Giang province, had also been licensed, but its construction has not started yet.