Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have proposed a prohibition on underground water exploitation in certain metropolitan locations to ensure public health and prevent potential subsidence.The municipal People’s Committee has ordered the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to establish a map indicating locations where underground water exploitation could pose a danger to local residents.
The proposal will be submitted to the central government for approval.
At a meeting to discuss the issue on Wednesday, Nguyen Thi Thanh My, director of the city’s environmental department, stated that over 681,000 cubic meters of groundwater is exploited in the southern metropolis every day.
Accordingly, local residents consume up to 356,000 cubic meters per day, while an additional 172,000 cubic meters is used for industrial activities.
The city is striving to reduce its consumption volume to 100,000 cubic meters a day, My said.
In accordance with current laws, citizens can dig wells without permission from local authorities provided the capacity is less than 10 cubic meters per day.
“During recent adjustments to the regulation, the Ho Chi Minh City administration failed to add a ban on groundwater usage,” the official elaborated.
Speaking at the gathering, Tran Vinh Tuyen, vice-chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, asserted that consuming underground water contaminated with chemicals or wastewater is a serious concern.
The excessive exploitation of water can also cause subsidence, flooding, and other consequences, Tuyen added.
As the city has been able to supply clean water to its residents, the use of groundwater should be ceased, the official stated.
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I am an attorney in the Washington DC area, with a Doctor of Law in the US, attended the master program at the National School of Administration of Việt Nam, and graduated from Sài Gòn University Law School. I aso studied philosophy at the School of Letters in Sài Gòn.
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I have worked as an anti-trust attorney for Federal Trade Commission and a litigator for a fortune-100 telecom company in Washington DC.
I have taught law courses for legal professionals in Việt Nam and still counsel VN government agencies on legal matters.
I have founded and managed businesses for me and my family, both law and non-law.
I have published many articles on national newspapers and radio stations in Việt Nam.
In 1989 I was one of the founding members of US-VN Trade Council, working to re-establish US-VN relationship.
Since the early 90's, I have established and managed VNFORUM and VNBIZ forum on VN-related matters; these forums are the subject of a PhD thesis by Dr. Caroline Valverde at UC-Berkeley and her book Transnationalizing Viet Nam.
I translate poetry and my translation of "A Request at Đồng Lộc Cemetery" is now engraved on a stone memorial at Đồng Lộc National Shrine in VN.
I study and teach the Bible and Buddhism. In 2009 I founded and still manage dotchuoinon.com on positive thinking and two other blogs on Buddhism.
In 2015 a group of friends and I founded website CVD - Conversations on Vietnam Development (cvdvn.net).
I study the art of leadership with many friends who are religious, business and government leaders from many countries.
I have written these books, published by Phu Nu Publishing House in Hanoi:
"Positive Thinking to Change Your Life", in Vietnamese (TƯ DUY TÍCH CỰC Thay Đổi Cuộc Sống) (Oct. 2011)
"10 Core Values for Success" (10 Giá trị cốt lõi của thành công) (Dec. 2013)
"Live a Life Worth Living" (Sống Một Cuộc Đời Đáng Sống) (Oct. 2023)
I practice Jiu Jitsu and Tai Chi for health, and play guitar as a hobby, usually accompanying my wife Trần Lê Túy Phượng, aka singer Linh Phượng.
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