Dr. Thang: Actually, there are many issues to research, however, I think there may be two issues for our next steps as follows: The first one is to continue the waste statistics analysis as our state management authorities now lack of quantitative researches for policy decision making. Therefore, our on-going research is very useful and has a big valuable. Our current research scale is just small and focused on some pilot areas. Therefore, in next steps, I think we’d better make the research scale expansion on waste volume and composition direction with different method application. For example, last year we made the survey from URENCO, however, we can change in this year by investigating directly from households to check the accuracy of data and expanse the survey scale. Secondly, we should make the analysis on actions/behavior. Actually, we now have regulations and policies, however, it is difficult to put it in to actual application. For example, how the households think about the waste collection? When and how many times we should collect the waste a day? That’s the practical things and what we still lack in the researches to find out more suitable solutions.

Ms Mai Huong: For next steps, I myself hope to make research to set up a database on MSW in Vietnam as this is very necessary for urban areas to establish the master plan of MSW management in Vietnam in general and in urban areas in particular, and to make assessment on existing MSW treatment facilities to see how their current situation is and to give out suitable solutions to improve and develop them in a suitable manner to current socio-economic situation in Vietnam.

Dr. Matsui: For me, waste collection part is very important. If you like to promote 3R, you need to sub-change in collection system such as separate collection system or station collection system. So I plan to do some surveys for waste collection in Vietnam.

Dr. Hirata: My next topic for the research in Vietnam, in Hanoi, HP, Ho Chi Minh city – a very long category. This time we install the system in the North part of Vietnam, so the next time we may install in the South part of Vietnam because it is very different with the conditions. Now it has not been prepared yet, but in the future it is possible that I can do it. This time we demonstrate the effect in the North of Vietnam, you or other URENCOs can go to Hai Phong URENCO the system, and if you think that the system is useful or effective, you can construct or install in your areas and cities. I hope in the near future Fukuoka method will be widely applied in Vietnam.

Dr. Kawai: We still have about 10 minutes for the discussion. I would like to invite some comments or questions. Could you raise your hands if you have questions or comments? Any comment is welcomed for the presentations or parallel discussion.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa –General Director of Hanoi URENCO: Thank you very much for this workshop on “Sharing results from MSW research in Vietnam”. Through this, we also think that the approach to update and manage the database for a better environmental management is very necessary. With your research implementation, we would like to know if we can use your research data results and when we can use that for our work improvement.