Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta  is moving forward with its plan to build three waste-to-energy (WTE) plants and is now actively seeking an investor for the third facility, announced Mr. Ngo Thai Chan, Director of the city's Department of Agriculture and Environment.

The announcement came during a meeting on August 24 with a delegation from South Korea's Gyeonggi Institute of Environmental and Energy Development. The discussion focused on the city's urgent needs in water resources and energy, as well as future cooperation plans between the two parties.

Mr. Chan confirmed that investors have already been secured for two of the plants, which will be located in areas that were formerly part of Can Tho city and Hau Giang province before administrative boundary changes, with former Can Tho city and the former provinces of Hau Giang and Soc Trang merged into Can Tho city now,

The city is now concentrating its investment call on the third WTE plant, slated for a 5.5-ha site in a region that was formerly part of Soc Trang province.

The facility is designed for a maximum capacity of 25 megawatts (MW) and has reportedly drawn significant interest from the Korean delegation and its investors.

This project is crucial for the region, which currently generates an average of 870 tons of domestic waste daily and relies on outdated disposal methods such as sorting, landfilling, and composting.

In addition to the waste management initiative, Can Tho officials also invited the Gyeonggi Institute to survey and invest in a large-scale solar power project at Nuoc Ngot lake (Freshwater Lake). The proposed project would span approximately 50 ha and could be developed as either a floating solar farm or a facility built along the lake's banks.