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The National Target Programme of Rural Water and Sanitation has helped more than five million people in Việt Nam have access to clean water since 2015. — VNA/VNS Photo Trần Việt Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — When it comes to making use of resources, we are all looking for new ways to organise society. There is no model to duplicate, so we need to develop our own, stressed Swedish Ambassador for Climate Change, Lars Ronnas, at a press conference hosted by the Swedish Embassy in Hà Nội on Tuesday. At the event, the Swedish delegation to Việt Nam International Water Week 2018 briefed on their experiences and showed their willingness to collaborate with Việt Nam in water resources protection and climate change resistance. Technological innovations were suggested as the most sustainable way to tackle environmental issues. According to the ambassador, smart solutions helped Sweden grow the economy while reducing greenhouse emissions in 2017. Việt Nam is among Sweden’s targets in terms … [Read more...] about Sweden to collaborate with Việt Nam on water preservation

A resident’s filter tank central Quảng Nam Province’s Đại Minh Commune is full of dirt and smells due to alum contaminated water. - Photo baoquangnam.vn Viet Nam News QUẢNG NAM – Thousands of households in central Quảng Nam Province have been thirsting for clean water for years as most of the wells are seriously contaminated with aluminum and few water supply works have been built to solve the problem. Even when a water supply centre was built and put into operation, it only supplied a small number of households and provided an unstable water source. In Đại Lộc District’s Đại Minh Commune, as many as 115 households have been living with seriously aluminum-contaminated water for years. Lê Thị Nam , a resident of Phú Mỹ Village, told the online newspaper baoquangnam.vn that wells were their only water source as no water works had been built in their commune. The wells had a yellowish colour and horrible smell. Nam said she and other … [Read more...] about Quảng Nam residents desperate for non-contaminated water

Thousands of people at the Murbery apartment building in Hà Đông District lack access to clean water. – Photo tuoitre.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — People living in the capital city of Hà Nội will have access to more clean water by 2020, thanks to six new projects. A plan to build new water plants and upgrade the capacity of existing ones has been approved by the chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, Nguyễn Đức Chung. The proposal details plans to build the Đuống River water supply system, the Hồng (Red) River water plant, the Xuân Mai water plant, with a capacity of 300,000cu.m per day, and the water plant in the Tiến Thịnh Commune in Mê Linh District, which will have a capacity of 25,000 cu.m per day. The Đà River water plant project will be redesigned in the second phase of the project to improve its capacity by 300 to 600 cu.m per day. The Phú Sơn water plant in Ba Vì District will have its capacity upgraded by 50,000 to 100,000 cu.m per day. The city will … [Read more...] about Hà Nội to have access to more clean water

Thousands of residents in the Đại Thanh residential area of Hà Nội face water shortages in the peak of summer.-- Photo laodong.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI – Hà Nội has been entering the peak of summer, causing an increased demand for water. But at present, thousands of citizens in apartment buildings are facing water shortages, lasting for days at a time. Nguyễn Anh Việt, director of Viwaco - Clean Water Construction Investment and Trading Joint-Stock Company, said the cause of water shortages is a break of a Đà River pipe. One of the worst hit places was the Đại Thanh residential area, in Tả Thanh Oai Commune of Thanh Trì District, where thousands of inhabitants were extremely anxious about the lack of water. “I dare not go to the toilet because it doesn’t always flush,” Trần Phương Lâm, a resident of Đại Thanh urban area told Lao Động (Labour) newspaper. Looking down at the tap that no longer pours water to wash his dishes, Lâm, living in the CT8A … [Read more...] about No clean water for residents

A tank stores water taken from the village well for daily use in Quảng Trị Province’s Vân Hòa Village. — Photo danviet.vn Viet Nam News QUẢNG TRỊ — The central Quảng Trị Province will lay a new water pipeline swiftly so that Vân Hòa villagers stop consuming metal-contaminated underground water, which is suspectedly making them ill. Currently, residents of Vân Hòa Village in Triệu Hòa Commune use underground well water, where the iron content exceeds 18 times the permitted limit as per the daily water standard set by the health ministry, a report by the local Department of Natural Resources and Environment states. For decades now, the 420 households, or 2,000 villagers, have been drinking this well water. In the past 10 years, 41 locals, or 0.2 per cent of the villagers, have died of cancer, which is slightly higher than the national common percentage of 0.11 determined by the health ministry, the environment department report said. Trương Thị Thỉ, 71, said … [Read more...] about Contaminated water in Quảng Trị makes villagers ill

A worker works at the Yên Phụ water supply factory in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — About three million people in Phù Đổng and Trung Mầu villages in Gia Lâm district, Hà Nội will have access to the first drinkable tap water in Việt Nam when a factory comes into operation on October 10. The factory will take water from the bottom of the Đuống River that runs next to the villages. In the first phase of the factory’s operation, clean water will be supplied to about three million people with the capacity of 150,000cu.m per day and then increase to 300,000cu.m per day. In the second phase, the capacity will hit 400,000cu.m per day. Đỗ Văn Đinh, project manager, told the Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper that this factory can replace other water supply units if necessary. The clean water supply situation in Hà Nội has improved a lot. Almost 3.26 million people living in 12 inner districts have access to clean water from the city’s water factories, Lê Văn Dục, … [Read more...] about Efforts to boost clean water supply

Nearly 160,000 residents of eight Hồng (Red) River Delta provinces benefited from a programme for rural water supply and sanitation during the past four years.— Photo tapchicongsan.org.vn HÀ NỘI — Nearly 160,000 residents of eight Hồng (Red) River Delta provinces benefited from a programme for rural water supply and sanitation during the past four years. The information was reported by Nguyễn Xuân Tùng, deputy director of the National Centre for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation, at a conference held this week in Hà Nội by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the World Bank. A total of 48 water supply projects were set up to provide clean water for more than 132,700 households. The projects were managed well, providing sufficient clean water reaching regulated norms for residents’ daily lives, said Tùng. By the 2019 end of the programme, as many as 60 water supply projects will have been be completed, bringing clean water for more than 224,700 … [Read more...] about Water project benefits 160,000

A patient undergoing kidney dialysis at Hòa Bình General Hospital. – VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI – Water used for kidney dialysis in Hòa Bình General Hospital, where eight patients died recently, in one of Việt Nam’s most serious medical incidents, did not meet standards, tests revealed. The Ministry of Public Security’s Criminal Science Institute arrived at the conclusion after analysing samples. Water samples from dialysis machines number 10 and 13 had a low level of potential of hydrogen (pH) and high conductivity; the florua level in machines number 10 and 13 were 245 and 260 times higher, respectively, than permissible limit of Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation ( AAMI ). The other dialysis machines tested also had higher florua levels than permitted. According to AAMI, the maximum florua level allowed in the kidney dialysis water is 0.2 mg per litre. Investigations revealed that Bùi Mạnh Quốc, director of Trâm … [Read more...] about Hòa Bình hospital deaths: Dialysis machine water bad

Children commuted on a bamboo bouy in a flooded road in Quảng Điền District in Thừa Thiên Huế Province during typhoon Damrey last year. VNS Photo Phước Bửu Viet Nam News THỪA THIÊN- HUẾ — Some 73,100 residents in areas affected by typhoon Damrey late last year now have access to fresh water and sanitation. This has been possible due to a six-month effort by local and international agencies, including UNICEF. According to a report of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the beneficiaries include residents of 20,245 families in 30 communes of the central provinces of Thừa Thiên-Huế, Bình Định and Phú Yên. Typhoon Damrey swept through the localities in November last year, leaving 107 dead, while 16 people were missing, and 342 others were injured. Many children, who were on their way home from school when the typhoon hit, were reported dead or missing. The affected communes, especially women and children, were in urgent need of fresh water and … [Read more...] about Fresh water provided to 20,000 flood-hit families in central Việt Nam

A household in HCM City’s Bình Tân District still uses water from a well despite having access to tap water. — Photo tuoitre.vn Viet Nam News HCM CITY — HCM City is considering an eight-year plan to reduce the exploitation of groundwater resources in an aim to protect residents’ health and avoid risks of land subsidence. The city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment has submitted the plan to the city’s People’s Committee for approval. Under the plan, the total volume of groundwater exploitation would be reduced to 330,000cu.m a day by 2019; about 200,000cu.m a day from the 2020-23 period, and 100,000cu.m a day by 2025. Nguyễn Thị Thanh My, deputy director of the department, said that over 700,000cu.m of groundwater were exploited daily in the city, mostly serving households and manufacturing activities. The department will gradually reduce groundwater exploitation in 24 districts; stop the operation of old and illegal water wells; and install tap water … [Read more...] about HCMC aims to reduce groundwater use