IFC helps Bac Ninh reduce environmental pollution

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will work directly with the Bac Ninh Natural Resources and Environment Department to seek cooperation for reducing environmental pollution at the provincial traditional craft villages, said IFC Vice President Dorothy Berry.

At a working session with authorities of the northern province of Bac Ninh on Sept. 28, Dorothy Berry said the Bac Ninh should prioritise the settlement of urgent environmental pollution issue in its traditional craft villages.

Both the host and guest agreed that Bac Ninh’s business and investment environment has been considerably improved thanks to bilateral cooperation programmes on the simplification of procedures and enhancement of inter-branch coordination in settling construction investment and land access procedures.

Bac Ninh ranked 10 th in the Vietnam province competitiveness index (PCI) in 2009 and is among three leading localities in business environment improvement.

Chairman of the Bac Ninh Provincial People’s Committee Tran Van Tuy proposed the IFC continue cooperating with his province in helping its all eight districts setting up a one-stop business section.

Also on Sept. 28, the IFC delegation made a fact-finding tour of the Phong Khe paper craft village in Bac Ninh City where IFC and the province are discussing cooperation possibilities for experimentally reducing environmental pollution./.