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Netherlands ready to assist Vietnam in sustainable sand mining, water management

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Quoc Khanh on March 18 had a working session with visiting Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Mark Harbers, who expressed his country’s readiness to assist Vietnam in offshore sand mining, groundwater management, and mineral exploitation.
Netherlands ready to assist Vietnam in sustainable sand mining, water management ảnh 1Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Quoc Khanh (R) and Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Mark Harbers at the meeting in Hanoi on March 18. (Photo: baotainguyenmoitruong.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Natural Resources andEnvironment Dang Quoc Khanh on March 18 had a working session with visiting DutchMinister of Infrastructure and Water Management Mark Harbers, who expressed hiscountry’s readiness to assist Vietnam in offshore sand mining, groundwatermanagement, and mineral exploitation.

Harbers spoke highly of the active moves by the VietnameseMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) to protect the environment,especially nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation.

He shared opinions about the cooperation programmes onsustainable offshore sand mining, sustainable groundwater management in the MekongDelta, the exploitation of essential minerals, and activities at the InternationalPanel on Deltas, Coastal Areas and Islands.

These are strengths of the Netherlands, and it is ready toassist and share its policies, experience, techniques, and financial solutionswith Vietnam, the minister stressed.

With regard to sustainable offshore sand mining, Khanh agreedwith his guest on the need to quickly issue guidance for the projects onseeking offshore sand sources.

Talking about sustainable groundwater management in the MekongDelta, he noted that the geographical location has made this region vulnerableto climate change and extreme weather conditions. Given this, the MoNRE hopesto receive assistance and experience from the Netherlands to devise water storagesolutions to help solve water excess in the flood season and water scarcity inthe dry season there, thus balancing water resources and boost sustainabledevelopment in the Delta.

Netherlands ready to assist Vietnam in sustainable sand mining, water management ảnh 2The Phu Ninh waterworks in Quang Nam province (Photo: VNA)
In terms of activities at the International Panel on Deltas, CoastalAreas and Islands, the Vietnamese minister considered this as a good platformfor sharing knowledge about climate change adaptation.

The MoNRE’s Department of Climate Change, Department of WaterResources Management, and Vietnam National Mekong Committee Standing Office willcoordinate with the Netherlands to work out proposals for improving the nationalcapacity to make use of water resources amid climate change and give livelihoodsupport to residents in the Delta, he added.

At the meeting, the two ministers also discussed the buildingof a programme marking the 15th founding anniversary of the framework on climate change adaptation and water resourcesmanagement between the two countries. They said this is an occasion for countries in the region and theworld to learn about the two sides’ efforts to comply with international commitmentson climate change response./.
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