The primary aims of the planning grant are to promote the participation of key stakeholders of the proposed project, including local authorities and relevant agencies and communities, and provide scientific assistance for the project development. Major activities of the project include conducting surveys on socio-economic conditions of the proposed project site, identifying proposed project objectives and activities and assessing their feasibility, and providing needed technical assistance in project design and writing project proposal which will be submitted to GEF/SGP for review and appraisal; and identifying possibilities for project synergies and resource mobilization.

The project will be carried out in Ben Luc district, Long An province, an agricultural producing province of great significance in the Mekong delta.
In order to solve the problems, the Project will develop a demonstration model to achieve the following objectives:
1. To test treatment methods of burning pesticide stocks and their containers. The project will transfer these technologies and build the technical capacity of safe treatment of pesticide stocks and their containers for the district.
2. To set up a model for the community's participation in handling after-used pesticide containers.
3. To develop an action plan for management of hazardous waste, including pesticide stocks and after - used containers.