The planning scheme aims to ensure water security in the river basin to serve socio-economic development, ensure defence-security, and environmental protection.

It also includes the building of a roadmap to restore degraded, depleted, and polluted water sources; and construction a data system for the sector given the country’s digital transformation process.

As per the freshly approved document, by 2030, 100% of cross-border flow monitoring sites will be monitored virtually and automatically, while the entire inter-provincial water sources will have their waste water receiving and load capacity made public.

In addition, all urban waste water will be treated meeting national standards, before being discharged into water sources and public drainage systems.

Facilities will be upgrade and constructed to reserve, exploit, use, and develop water sources, with 28 sub-regions lacking fresh water prioritised./.

VNA