_{From left to right: Dinh Xuan Thanh (CEO of Phuong Nam Star Trading) / Sang Heon Hong (CEO of ARK) / Seok Hoon Park (Head of Water Cluster, Korea Environment Agency)}

Song Da Water Supply Corporation partners with ARK in its efforts to build the Song Da Water Treatment Plant in Hanoi.

Supply and management know-how and water treatment technical support for centrifugal dehydrator at Songda Water Treatment Plant

(CEO Hong Sang-heon) and Vietnam The multilateral MOU with the Songda Provincial Water Supply Corporation was signed today, July 27th.

The multilateral MOU is a four-way Korea-Vietnam MOU between ARK, Songda Provincial Water Supply Corporation, VIVASEEN3, and Phuong Nam Star Trading, with the Korea Environment Agency participating as the signatory.

Vietnam's Song Da Provincial Water Supply Corporation supplies 300,000 tons of water per day, about 301 TP3T to Hanoi. It plans to supply 600,000 tons by adding 300,000 tons in the future, and will supply a total of 1 million tons by 2030.

RK is currently building a 300,000-ton water treatment plant with a Decanter centrifuge Three Type 550s, complete with peripherals, will be delivered by September 23 and commissioned by the end of the year.

(Ltd. is represented by Mr. Hong Sang Heon (CEO), Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Huy (Head of Planning), and Ms. Yeo Thi Yeon Anh (Manager).

Korea Environment Agency Congratulatory remarks were delivered by Dr. Seokhoon Park (National Water Industry Cluster Project), Junseok Hwang (Deputy Director, Water Convergence Research Center), and Jongho Park (Director, Water Convergence Research Center).

The Vietnamese side was represented by Mr. Thanh Van Nam (Factory Manager of Song Da Water Joint Stock Company) and the Board of Directors; Mr. Dinh Xuan Thanh (CEO of Phuong Nam Star Trading); Mr. Nguyen Giay Thanh (Deputy Director).

Vietnam is expected to surpass 100 million people in 2023, even in the aftermath of post-COVID-19, and the capital city of Hanoi has a population of 8.4 million. In addition to the population expansion, there are no talented people and companies with long experience in water treatment technology, so overseas technology infrastructure is needed in various fields such as engineering, management know-how, and human resource training.

In particular, Vietnam has been seeking continuous overseas cooperation on water treatment operation know-how and countermeasures, including a major accident in 2019 when Hanoi's drinking water turned black after a large amount of waste oil flowed into the city's water purification plant, an official said.

Having supplied centrifugal dewatering machines and multi-disc screw presses to water treatment projects in South Korea, ARK will supply three centrifugal dewatering machines to replace Vietnam's relatively old, conventional sludge dewatering machines, and will also provide management know-how.

In this regard, Mr. Hong said, “Vietnam is a country based on agriculture and manufacturing, which is a water-scarce country due to the use of a lot of agricultural water, and a country that requires advanced sewage and wastewater treatment and water purification treatment due to the use of a lot of industrial water. In particular, Hanoi is a large city with a population of 8.4 million people. Unlike countries in East Asia that have a long history of urbanization, the rapid urbanization means that there is a lack of engineers and human resources for a long period of time. Through this MOU, we will provide various support for the development of technical proficiency and human resources in the water industry in Vietnam.”.

“Since joining the Water Cluster, we have been working on an innovative project to develop a centrifugal dehydrator for overseas export. We are pleased to have completed the task of supplying dehydrators that can respond to rapid urbanization by developing centrifugal dehydrators suitable for the Southeast Asian region.”.

Finally, Mr. Park Seok-hoon, Head of the Water Industry Cluster Business Unit of the Korea Environment Agency, said, “This MOU is symbolic as it is the first MOU between Korean companies in Vietnam for a national water purification plant. We look forward to the safe supply of water to Hanoi through the know-how of water treatment technology for urbanization that Korea has experienced in the past, and congratulate Korea-Vietnam for its positive impact on technology exchange.”.

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