(ĐN)- The Biogas Programme for Animal Husbandry Sector, currently in its second phase, started in 2003 under the cooperation between the Vietnamese and Netherlands governments.
(ĐN)- The Biogas Programme for Animal Husbandry Sector, currently in its second phase, started in 2003 under the cooperation between the Vietnamese and
The first phase of the programnme was applied to 18,000 households with biogas plants built during the 2003-2005 period. In phase two, which has been carried out since 2006 and will end in 2010, the programme will be carried out in 64 provinces countrywide with 150,000 biogas plants to be built. The programme has helped boost economic development, save energy and reduce environmentally toxic gases, improve the living environment, generate jobs and alleviate rural poverty.
Since 2003 until now, over 3,000 domestic biogas plants have been constructed in Dong Nai province. In the first six months of this year alone, 210 new biogas plants were built in rural areas of Dong Nai, according to the Dong Nai Provincial Agricultural Centre. Local authorities said that about 100 additional biogas plants are expected to be built in Dong Nai in the remaining months of 2009.
Reported by H.G
