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National water resources strategy towards the year 2020

Water is a natural resource, a vital substance for human life. Life is impossible without water. We use clean water for domestic consumption, health protection and sanitation. Water is crucial to agriculture, aquaculture, industry and other sectors of the economy. It is needed for hy ower and development of waterway transportation. Water is also important in maintaining the environment's integrity and sustainability. Water is precious but limited, and is a highly vulnerable resource. Besides its benefits, water can become a danger for human beings and for the environment.

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Strategy implementation arrangements

The National Water Resources Council shall be responsible for advising Government and the Prime Minister on important decisions on water resources decisions on ensuring the proper coordination of actions and activities of concerned ministries, sectors and localities in the implementation of this National Water Resources Strategy towards the Year 2020, in an effective manner.

» Major missions and main implementation measures
» Viewpoint, guiding principles and objectives of the strategy
» Water resources and major challenges

Scientific - Tecnology

HCM City officials put their heads together over hospital wastewater

Water supply and health officials met in HCM City on Wednesday to take advice from experts on the best new technologies, to treat wastewater at medical facilities.

International cooperation

AUSAID support in water resource management - AUSAID Project

Based on the Vietnamese Government'spolicy in rural development, AUSAID gave high priority for projects on water management, including clean water supply and sanitary for rural and uban areas. In 1998,1999 AUSAID sent missions to various areas in Vietnam for investigating the situation in above mentioned subjects.

» National Cooperation in Water Resource Management - ADB TA 3528-VIE Project
» Water Sector Support (Water SPS) - Danida Project

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62/QD-TNN - Specifying functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of Centre for Water Resources Information - Economic

600/2003/QD-BTNMT - On the mandate, tasks, powers and organisation of the Department of Water Resources Management

34 /2005/ ND-CP - On sanctions against administrative violations of water resources management regulations

02/2005/TT-BTNMT - The implementation of the government decree 149/2004/nd-cp regulating the licensing of water resources exploration, exploitation, utilization and waste water discharge into water sources

149/2004/ND-CP - Government decree on regulation on licensing of water resources exploitation, extraction and utilisation and waste water discharge in water sources

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The Law on Water Resource

"Water is a natural resource of special importance, the essential component of life and the environment, deciding the existence and sustainable development of the country; on the other hand, water may also cause disasters to humans and the environment."