Archive for October, 2008

On 9-10 Oct 2008 a Vietnamese delegation visited Dresden and the Institut of Waste Management and Contaminated Site Treatment (IAA). Among the members of the delegation was also present Mr. Nguyen Le - Managing Director of the Hanoi Sewerage and Drainage One-State Member Co., Ltd. (main Vietnamese project partner in IWAS Vietnam project), as well as Mr. Le Hung Anh, Director of the consulting company Duc Minh Co., Ltd. The German side was represented by TU Dresden and Dresden Sewerage and Drainage Co., Ltd. (Stadtentwässerung Dresden GmbH - SEDD) with one of its Managing Directors - Mr. Johannes Pohl, as well as Mr. Frank Männig, Head of Sewer Network Dept.

The meeting has started with a welcome address by Prof. Peter Werner who gave a short introduction on structure and activities of the TU Dresden and IAA, followed by Mr. Pohl who introduced the  activities of SEDD. Mr. Le described the main difficulties in managing the wastewater in Hanoi, with special focus on the newly developed Long Bien district. This represents the core of IWAS project, its objectives being introduced by Prof. Werner to the present delegation. All parties agreed on close colaboration with local authorities in Vietnam, whose support is very important for the later implementation of the project results into practice.

On the 10th Oct 2008 the delegation made a visit to Mr. Dirk Hilbert, the Mayor of Commerce of Dresden Municipality.

Here it was once again underlined the strong collaboration between Germany and Vietnam in the field of water management and Mr. Hilbert expressed his big interest in IWAS Vietnam project, offering his full support for the well development of the project.