Illustrative image (Source: Internet) Addressing the event, MoNRE Deputy Minister Vo Tuan Nhan said the project, ajoint effort of the two Governments, aimsto enhance MoNRE’s capacity of building and implementing legal documents toimprove the water environment in river basins.
According to Nhan, Vietnam’s rivers, especially those flowing through cities,industrial parks and trade villages, are seriously contaminated.
To addressthe problem, Vietnam has promulgated many policies, mechanisms, and normativelegal documents in the field, and sought international assistance, of which theJICA project is an example, Nhan said.
Naoki Kakioka, Deputy Chief Representative of JICA in Vietnam said thecollection of basic data for implementing pilot projects has been fulfilled.
Japanese experts said they are willing to share their experience and providetechnical assistance for the Vietnamese side in order to effectively implementthe project.
Implementingfrom 2016-2018, the project “Strengthening the capacity of water environmentmanagement in river basins” will examine legal documents in the field, buildsix circulars and plans for the implementation of pilot projects at the basinsof the Cau and Dong Nai rivers, and design plans and roadmaps for improving themanagement of water environment at river basins.-VNA
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