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Osaka seeks clean water cooperation with HCM City

Mikio Araki, Chairman of Japan’s Osaka municipal council, is visiting Ho Chi Minh City to explore possibilities for bilateral cooperation in clean water.
Mikio Araki, Chairman of Japan’s Osaka municipal council, is visitingHo Chi Minh City to explore possibilities for bilateral cooperationin clean water.

At his meeting with Vice Chairman of the HCM CityPeople’s Committee Le Minh Tri on Oct. 28, the Osaka officialaffirmed that Osaka always treasures its ties with Ho Chi Minh Cityand wants to further its cooperation with Vietnam ’s biggest economichub.

Tri underscored that Japan ’s ODA has contributed to HCM City ’s socio-economic development.

Henoted that although HCM City has mobilised capital from societyfor socio-economic development, it is still in dire need of foreigncapital, especially ODA, for infrastructure, transport, clean water andenvironmental sanitation projects.

Tri stressed that the city haspaid special attention to clean water as in the meantime its waterfacilities can meet just 83 percent of the citizens’ needs.
As the city has set to fully meet water needs by 2025, it needs at least4 billion USD for its water sector, Tri told the Osaka officials.

Accordingto the Saigon Water Supply Corporation (Sawaco), the water plants inthe city currently supply 1.5 million cu.m of water per day and plan toraise their capacity to 3.4 million cu.m by 2025.

Apart fromreceiving ODA from the World Bank, France and Spain , Sawaco has alsoestablished ties with the water supply departments of Osaka andYokohama cities.

The third largest city in Japan , Osaka is also interested in transport and railway cooperation with Ho Chi Minh City./.
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