Handing over the first floating toilet in the Mekong Delta area

In the morning of May 25, in Can Tho city, Vietnam Holcim Cement Company and Petech Science and Technology Joint Stock Company held a ceremony to accept and hand over the floating toilet project of Cai Rang floating market and project. Application Award of the Holcim Prize 2010 for the Project Management Unit of Cai Rang District, Can Tho City.

Floating toilet project in Cai Rang Floating Market is the first floating toilet to be built in the floating market in the Mekong Delta, with the aim of addressing the urgent sanitation needs of the community in the area. floated market.

The project has an area of ​​24m2, is designed to be environmentally friendly, with a total construction cost of over VND 250 million, sponsored by Holcim Vietnam Cement Company.

Cai Rang floating market

The floating toilet project Cai Rang floating market is fully equipped and built according to the green building orientation, implemented by the student group of Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture, with funding. of Holcim Vietnam Cement Company and Petech Science and Technology Joint Stock Company.

Mr. Le Thanh Tam, Vice Chairman of Cai Rang District People's Committee, Can Tho City said that the toilet project in Cai Rang market will bring positive changes to Cai Rang floating market in particular and the city. Can Tho in general.

Not only changing people's living habits, protecting water resources in the region, the project will also contribute to promoting tourism development, attracting domestic and foreign tourists to Can Tho city.

For a long time, Cai Rang Floating Market is famous as an important waterway transport button and also a famous tourist destination of Can Tho city.

However, this development along with the limited awareness of the people about the protection of water resources has made the environment of the floating market area heavily polluted, especially the problem of domestic waste. This not only affects the health and life of the people but also deprives the beautiful image of Cai Rang Floating Market in the hearts of tourists.

Floating toilets project of Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture students is the 2011 Holcim Prize awarded by Holcim Vietnam in collaboration with seven universities (Danang Polytechnic University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture, Hanoi Architectural University, Can Tho University and University of Social Sciences and Ho Chi Minh City Humanities).