Managers from the Ha Noi Sofitel Plaza Hotel and the Daewoo Hotel on Thursday admitted violating environmental regulations.
The Ha Noi Sofitel Plaza admitted failing to get permission before releasing untreated waste water into city sewers, said the municipal interdisciplinary inspectors under the chair of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
The hotel installed a waste treatment facility using Australian technology in 1998 but the system has not been effectively used. Hotel management had paid little attention to maintenance of the system, said inspectors.
The hotel was found not to have a sterilising and deodorising facility. The hotel uses approximately 500 cubic meters of water per day.
Hotel management will be fined, in line with current regulations, and must set up a revised environmental protection plan, as well as apply for a licence to discharge waste water before December.
The Daewoo hotel also failed to submit legal documents proving their adoption of regulations on environmental protection and water resources.
Inspectors also checked waste water treatment at the National Hospital of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases in Hanoi and found that the hospital's waste water treatment system was not being used effectively. Although it is operating, waste water was found to be redirected from the system, rendering it useless.
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