Vietnam adopts water resource plan for 2021-2030
Hanoi, The Gulf Observer: The Vietnamese Government has adopted a decision to approve the master plan on water resources for the period 2021-30 in an attempt to address droughts and pollution problems.
The viewpoint is that the master plan on water resources must be strategic, ensuring a long-term vision, overall orientation, regulation and distribution of water resources to meet the objectives of the socio-economic development strategy, and priority should be given to ensuring water supply for daily life, stabilising social security, eradicating hunger and reducing poverty.
It aims to ensure national water source security; effectively and sustainably managing, protecting and using water resources; combating and overcoming harmful consequences caused by water, ensuring a balance between needs for people’s livelihood, socio-economic development and environmental protection.
It also aims to control the quality and reserve of water sources, improve the water storage capacity in river basins, economic zones and localities basing on climate change adaptation and ensure national defence and security.
The goal by 2030 is to harmonise and distribute water resources fairly and reasonably among sectors, localities, and water exploiters and users according to the integrated planning of inter-provincial river basins.
By 2025, 100 per cent of large and important river basins will have integrated planning for inter-provincial river basins; the rate of using clean water for daily life among urban population will be raised to to 95 per cent – 100 per cent and 65 per cent among the rural population.
