Thong Nhat Commune People's Committee has just approved the policy of building a landfill for household waste belonging to the area for treating and burying hygienic household waste and construction waste in Thong Nhat commune, Quang Ninh province.
The goal is to invest in and build landfills to prevent congestion from causing serious environmental impacts in Thong Nhat commune and surrounding areas (5 wards of the old Ha Long City, including: Hong Gai, Ha Long, Ha Tu, Ha Lam, Cao Xanh and the area of the old Cam Pha city).
The total land use area is about 2.1 ha, receiving capacity is about 400 tons/day and night, expected gathering and receiving time is about 15 months (total receiving volume is about 19,000 tons).
The total investment of the project is about 19.383 billion VND, from the budget of Quang Ninh province.
This waste burial and treatment area is located right next to the Vu Oai Solid Waste Treatment Center project of INDEVCO Group Joint Stock Company, which was approved for planning in 2016.
In recent years, Quang Ninh has always faced difficulties in the issue of domestic waste treatment, because the amount of waste is increasing day by day but there is a lack of waste treatment plants or landfills.
Vu Oai Solid Waste Treatment Center used to be the place to receive all domestic waste of the old Cam Pha City and most of the communes and wards of the old Ha Long City.
However, after that, this center only received domestic waste from communes and wards in the East of former Ha Long City but was also always overloaded, while waste from communes and wards of former Cam Pha City was transferred to Mong Duong landfill, Mong Duong ward.
However, from July 2025, all waste from the old Cam Pha City will be transferred to the Khe Giang Waste Treatment Plant, Yen Tu ward, about 60km away, due to the overloaded landfill, causing serious pollution.
According to the Quang Ninh Provincial Department of Construction, the current total capacity of waste burning and landfilling of factories, landfills, and domestic solid waste treatment areas throughout Quang Ninh province is about 1,182 tons/day. Some communes have also been invested in small-scale incinerators to serve domestic solid waste burning in rural areas.
Meanwhile, on average, about 1,300 tons of domestic solid waste is generated every day throughout the province. It is forecasted that by 2030, the total volume of domestic solid waste generated throughout Quang Ninh province will be about 2,948,074 tons/year. Of which, the volume of domestic solid waste generated is about 1,445,620 tons/year, and the volume of industrial solid waste generated is about 1,319,273 tons/year.
To date, Quang Ninh province has only 3 waste treatment plants in the form of maximum burning operating in Trang Luong (old Dong Trieu town), Khe Giang (old Uong Bi city) and Quang Nghia (old Mong Cai city).
Recently, on December 19, 2025, Thuan Thanh Environment Joint Stock Company started construction of a waste-to-energy plant under the Vu Oai Solid Waste Treatment Center Project, Thong Nhat commune.
The project has a total investment of about 3,200 billion VND, located in the overall Thong Nhat Solid Waste Treatment Center Project with a capital of about 5,200 billion VND. The plant is built on an area of 11 hectares, using advanced waste burning and power generation technology, meeting strict environmental standards.
According to the design, the plant will treat about 1,300 tons of waste/day and night and generate electricity with a capacity of 25 MW. It is expected that the plant will officially go into operation from Quarter 4, 2028.
