[UPDATE] THE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE NETHERLANDS AND CANTHO CITY.

On 8 April 2022
More than 100 representatives from the business sector, NGO community and local & central Government gathered at The Can Tho River Cleanup Inauguration event thanks to a partnership between The Ocean Cleanup and The Coca-Cola Company, in coordination with the Kingdom of Netherlands Embassy, People's Committee and Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Can Tho City (DoNRE).
The Can Tho River has been selected as one of 15 river locations around the world as part of the global implementation partnership between The Coca-Cola Company and The Ocean Cleanup to trial and validate the organization’s technology to stem the tide of plastic pollution entering oceans.

On May 10 2022
Vice Chairman of the Can Tho People’s Committee - Mr.Nguyen Ngoc He had a working session with the Dutch Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City - Mr.Daniel Stork on May 10 2022, during which the two sides discussed ways to boost cooperation in infrastructure development, climate change adaptation, and hi-tech agriculture.
According to Mr Nguyen Ngoc He, Cantho city has strength in agriculture, but the locality in particular and the Mekong Delta region in general are suffering from negative impacts from climate change, especially flooding and saltwater intrusion.
Mr Daniel Stork said that the Netherlands is willing to cooperate with Can Tho in the above-mentioned areas, adding that a number of Dutch organisations such as TOC, VEI, and Blue Deal, through non-governmental projects, are supporting Can Tho in models related to environmental protection, climate change adaptation, and water management. He named as an example a project to automatically collect floating garbage in rivers in Can Tho city worth 630,000 USD funded by the Ocean Cleanup (TOC) organization.

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