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Vinh Long boosts residents’ access to clean water

A clean water supply system began operation in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on October 30.
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Vinh Long (VNA) – A clean watersupply system began operation in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long onOctober 30.

With capacity of 240 cubic metres per day,the system will benefit 600 households in Long Ho district’s Dong Phu commune.

The facility had total investment of morethan 4.1 billion VND (180,482 USD), of which over 2.2 billion VND (96,844 USD)were sourced from US-based Latter-day Saint Charities, and the rest from theprovincial budget.

Secretary of the Dong Phu Party CommitteeDao Trung Nen said the commune’s only groundwater plan failed to meet the demandof local residents, thus they still had to pump water from rivers, ditches foruse.

The new system will help alleviate thesituation and improve locals’ health, he added.

Le Van Hau, deputy head of the provincialunion of friendship organisations, said the agency will continue raise fundsfor more clean water works to be built in the locality.

Vinh Long has a total of 122 rural watersupply stations, with 72.2 percent rural households using the sources. The rateis expected to increase to 98.2 percent by the end of 2017.-VNA
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