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National water resource security scheme discussed

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Water Resource Management Department convened an online meeting with relevant units in Hanoi on May 17 to discuss building a scheme to ensure national water resource security.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Natural Resources andEnvironment’s Water Resource Management Department convened an online meetingwith relevant units in Hanoi on May 17 to discuss building a scheme to ensurenational water resource security.

Speaking at the event, deputy head of the department Nguyen MinhKhuyen said Vietnam has about 830-840 billion cu.m of water. However, about 60percent are flowing from external sources. Meanwhile, water flow distribution is uneven,mostly in the Mekong Delta with around 57 percent, the Red River – Thai Binh nearly16 percent and the remaining from other basins.

Underground water reaches about 63 billion cu.m while water forsocio-economic development nears 84 billion cu.m each year. Domestic waterdemand is expected to rise by about 32 percent by 2030, leading to higher riskof losing water security.

In a 2019 report, the World Bank pointed out water-relatedthreats on the gross domestic product unless timely measures are proposed.

The National Assembly’s Committee on Science, Technology andEnvironment also made clear several challenges affecting water security inVietnam such as the lack of water volume and quality, safety of waterreservoirs, reliance on water from external sources and saltwater intrusion. 

Concluding the event, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources andEnvironment Le Cong Thanh asked the department to collect public feedback on thedraft scheme, saying that it must outline a landscape of water resources in thecountry along with tasks and measures to deal with basic issues./.

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