CNA Insider – 15-8-2023

The World Bank has said that water shortage is the biggest threat to Vietnam’s red hot economic growth. Hundreds of thousands of households in the Mekong Delta do not have access to clean water, relying on rivers and streams. But these waterways are contaminated by agricultural, household, and industrial waste. As a result, the Vietnamese government states that 80% of diseases in Vietnam are caused by polluted water.

Meanwhile, climate change and rising sea levels have caused saltwater intrusion near the coast, and floods in the cities. What is behind Vietnam’s water woes, and what can be done to fix it?

0:00 Intro
2:59 Water scarcity in Vietnam
5:37 Pollution in Vietnam’s water
11:37 Costs of water shortage on Vietnam economy
12:41 Upstream dams affect Vietnam’s water
15:01 Dangers of depleting groundwater
25:14 Ho Chi Minh City’s water demands
27:15 Land subsidence and flooding in Ho Chi Minh City
34:24 Vietnam government’s clean water plan
41:05 Combating saltwater intrusion with native plants

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – Vietnam is in danger of missing the target of providing 93-95 percent of people in rural areas, and at least 95 percent in urban areas, access to clean water by 2025.

VNA Wednesday, April 27, 2022 10:18  

Data revealed at a conference in Hanoi on April 26 showed that only 84.2 percent of people in urban areas have access to clean water. That number is just 34.8 percent in rural areas.

The target was set under Resolution No. 16/2021/QH15, as part of the five-year socio-economic development plan for 2021-2025.

Nguyen Quang Dong, Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Media Development (IPS), already pointed out some reasons for the situation.

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