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Nam Dinh to spend big for climate change resilience

The northern province of Nam Dinh plans to pour more than 764 billion VND (36.4 million USD) into 22 projects and programmes on coping with the climate change from 2014 to 2020.
The northern province of Nam Dinh plans to pour more than 764 billionVND (36.4 million USD) into 22 projects and programmes on coping withthe climate change from 2014 to 2020.

Under a recentlyissued action plan, the province will synchronously take climate changeresilience measures and tap natural resources in a sustainable way.

It is set to use water resources in an effective manner and ensureclean water for all residents in urban areas and 95 percent of those inrural areas by 2020.

By the target year, Nam Dinh will strivefor 5,713 hectares of forest and all industrial parks and complexesequipped with standard sewage treatment systems.

A projectworth 200 billion VND (9.5 million USD) will be implemented to upgradeembankments across the locality in 2014.

Another costing150billion VND (7.1 million USD) will build waste collection and treatmentfacilities while 90 billion VND (4.3 million USD) will be invested inwater plants in Nghia Hung, Hai Hau and Giao Thuy districts.

Nam Dinh has improved 56.8km out of the 76.6km of breakwaters and expanded the submerged forest area to 3,600 hectares.-VNA
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