David Duong expands Vietnam community and worker health programs

California Waste Solutions and its Vietnam subsidiary are pairing waste infrastructure with education, scholarships and employee health programs in Ho Chi Minh City and Hưng Long commune. The company is also advancing a proposed 60-megawatt waste-to-energy facility as local leaders publicly reaffirm support.

Why it matters: - California Waste Solutions is tying its Vietnam operations to community support, education and worker health, not just waste treatment. - The programs reach children, students, employees and low-income families around the Da Phuoc facility in Ho Chi Minh City. - The company is also pushing a larger energy and waste-reduction project that could change how residual waste is processed in the city.

What happened: - California Waste Solutions, through Vietnam Waste Solutions, expanded community and employee programs in Vietnam on Oct. 22, 2026. - The company held a 2026 Mid-Autumn Festival program in Hưng Long commune for more than 500 children. - A delegation of Hưng Long commune leaders visited Vietnam Waste Solutions on Vietnamese Entrepreneurs’ Day, Oct. 13, to recognize its contributions to waste treatment, environmental protection and local welfare. - Nearly 400 employees in Ho Chi Minh City recently received annual health examinations and occupational screenings.

The details: - The Hưng Long program included gifts and festive activities for children living near the facility. - The community work continues annual support that includes Tết gifts for low-income households, scholarships for students and other social programs. - Vietnam Waste Solutions opens the Da Phuoc complex to school groups for “knowledge discovery” programs. - Students learn about sanitary landfilling, leachate treatment, material recovery, composting and landfill-gas-to-energy systems. - Children also take part in quizzes, drawing contests and direct conversations with company engineers. - The company said the goal is to build hands-on understanding of materials separation, resource recovery and environmental responsibility. - The company recently announced an application to convert the Da Phuoc landfill into a proposed 60-megawatt waste-to-energy facility. - The proposed project would require more than half a billion dollars of investment. - The plan would process about 3,000 tons of residual waste a day and use G7/G8 emission-control technologies. - Current operations at Da Phuoc include sanitary landfilling, material recovery, composting and landfill-gas-to-energy work. - The Da Phuoc facility began operating in November 2007 as Vietnam’s first sanitary landfill built to U.S. Subtitle D standards. - The facility currently receives nearly 5,000 tons of household waste a day, or roughly half of Ho Chi Minh City’s municipal solid waste. - The David Duong Community Fund supports housing assistance, Tết gifts, local poverty relief programs and scholarships for hundreds of students. - Vietnam Waste Solutions was established in 2005. - California Waste Solutions said it was founded in Oakland in 1992. - The company also has a $5 million scholarship pledge to Fulbright University Vietnam.

Between the lines: - The company is using community programs to show that environmental infrastructure and social investment are part of the same business model. - Local officials’ visit suggests the company still has political and community backing for continued operations and future expansion. - The emphasis on employee health and retention signals an effort to position workplace stability as part of service quality. - Nearly half of the workforce has reportedly stayed with the company for almost 20 years, underscoring long-term labor continuity.

What's next: - Vietnam Waste Solutions plans to keep investing and reinvesting to expand capacity, improve treatment efficiency, create more jobs and support local socio-economic development. - The company is advancing development of the proposed 60-megawatt waste-to-energy facility alongside ongoing landfill, recycling and composting operations. - The Green Environmental Technology Park in Tây Ninh Province remains under development. - Additional education, scholarship and health programs are expected to continue alongside the company’s environmental projects.

The bottom line: - David Duong is framing Vietnam Waste Solutions as both an infrastructure operator and a long-term community investor, with waste treatment, education and worker well-being moving in parallel.