Vietnam looks to build criteria for ecological seaports
Standards for Vietnamese ecological seaports will help build a professional environment management system, thus raising seaport management units’ awareness of environmental protection, said Dr. Du Van Toan from the Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands’ Vietnam Institute of Seas and Islands.
Nam Dinh Vu deep-water seaport in Hai Phong (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Standards forVietnamese ecological seaports will help build a professional environmentmanagement system, thus raising seaport management units’ awareness of environmentalprotection, said Dr. Du Van Toan from the Vietnam Administration of Seas andIslands’ Vietnam Institute of Seas and Islands.
Initiated and managed by the European SeaPorts Organisation (ESPO), the ecoport model must meet standards by ESPO, withenvironmental protection key.
Once recognised as ecoports, the ports canjoin regional and global ecological seaports associations, improving theirstature, Toan said.
To deliver commitments on environment andenergy management, he suggested domestic seaports file their legal records onthe field and identify which environmental issues need to improve.
Notably, the Maritime Administration of HaiPhong is working to build Lach Huyen into a green seaport by using moderntechnology to control dust and smoke and limiting the use of old vehicles.
Apart from building a plan on waterresources management in ports and using water management system, it alsodevised regulations on wastewater control, built garbage collection facilitiesand collected daily waste when vessels dock.-VNA
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Nam Dinh Vu deep-water seaport in Hai Phong (Photo: VNA) 
