The Ministry of Construction has proposed to collect and sort all hazardous medical solid waste by 2015 and to have 70 per cent of it treated.
The balance would be held for treatment later.
From 2025 all solid medical waste would be treated as it was collected.
In the first phase of its plan, the ministry proposed to build capacity in management and treatment to environmental criteria.
The project would cost VND122.1 billion (US$6 million).
The ministry estimated 50 tonnes a day of hazardous medical waste solid would be discharged nation-wide by 2015 at medical centres and hospitals.
It was expected to reach 90 tonnes by 2025.
