Water sector draws investment The annual compound growth rate (CAGR) of the water sector in 2017-2020 is 43 per cent for industrial production and 35 per cent for clean water consumption.

Bình Định households face water shortage

Meanwhile, a water plant worth VNĐ12 billion (US$520,580), which was supposed to supply water for 3,300 households in four villages in the commune, has been left abandoned.

Hà Nội ensures enough clean water on summer days Hà Nội has met residents’ demand for clean water during hot summer days.

Long An Province faces severe water shortage

The drought-hit Mekong Delta province of Long An this year needs more fresh water, but can only supply about 50 per cent of demand from its 35 fresh water treatment plants and stations. 

Hà Nội likely not to see disrupted water supply this summer

Water plants in Hà Nội were asked to implement measures to ensure supply for the city during summer when demand for water usually increases, said vice director of the city’s Construction Department Hoàng Cao Thắng.

Dams built to deal with lack of fresh water

The central city has begun construction of a steel dam – the second of its kind – on the lower Cẩm Lệ River to reduce salinity and deal with serious water shortages in the dry season this year.

Hydropower operation must ensure security, production

The operation of hydropower dams must not have negative impacts on public security or production, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has said.

Water management needs to be flexible Châu Trần Vĩnh, deputy director of the Water Resources Management Department, under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, talks to Nhân Dân newspaper about the need to adopt a flexible plan to cope with the severe droughts in the Mekong Delta

Facing a shortage, Ninh Thuận receives treated water from Lâm Đồng The Đa Nhim Hydropower Plant in Lâm Đồng Province is discharging more water, at a rate of more than 15 metres per second, to address water shortages for farming and business production in Phan Rang-Tháp Chàm City and Ninh Hải District in Ninh Thuận Province. 

Finance official 'fundamentally wrong' about water price: Hà Nội leader

The city People’s Committee chairman Nguyễn Đức Chung told a hearing of the municipal People’s Council on Wednesday that the tap water issue was a matter many Hanoians cared greatly about.