The World Bank (WB) will continue to prioritise safe water andenvironmental sanitation programmes in Vietnam ’s rural areas duringthe next decade.
This was stated by Dean Cira, WB Senior Urban Specialist, at a seminaron Vietnam ’s strategy on clean water supply and environmentalsanitation in rural areas by 2020, held by the Ministry of Agricultureand Rural Development (MARD) in Hanoi on March 23.
WB has supported the national strategy over the past decade andcontinues to give priority to it in the next decade, to help ruralresidents gain access to fresh water and sanitary facilities, Dean Cirasaid.
In the next decade, WB will focus on improving the quality of water as well as the water supply system, he said.
According to Vu Van Thang, Deputy Head of the Irrigation Departmentunder MARD, the decade-old strategy has helped raise the number of ruralresidents with access to safe water from below 30 percent to 83 percentin 2010, and the proportion of households having sanitary latrines nowup to 56 percent.
The strategy to 2020 will focuson poor households and elements to promote sustainable development,matching the country’s socio-economic development strategy by 2020,Thang said.
During the 2011-2015 period, theprogramme was scheduled to provide fresh water to 95 percent of ruralpopulation, of which 70 percent will use water that meets standards setby the Vietnamese Health Ministry, and 85 percent will have sanitarylatrines./.
This was stated by Dean Cira, WB Senior Urban Specialist, at a seminaron Vietnam ’s strategy on clean water supply and environmentalsanitation in rural areas by 2020, held by the Ministry of Agricultureand Rural Development (MARD) in Hanoi on March 23.
WB has supported the national strategy over the past decade andcontinues to give priority to it in the next decade, to help ruralresidents gain access to fresh water and sanitary facilities, Dean Cirasaid.
In the next decade, WB will focus on improving the quality of water as well as the water supply system, he said.
According to Vu Van Thang, Deputy Head of the Irrigation Departmentunder MARD, the decade-old strategy has helped raise the number of ruralresidents with access to safe water from below 30 percent to 83 percentin 2010, and the proportion of households having sanitary latrines nowup to 56 percent.
The strategy to 2020 will focuson poor households and elements to promote sustainable development,matching the country’s socio-economic development strategy by 2020,Thang said.
During the 2011-2015 period, theprogramme was scheduled to provide fresh water to 95 percent of ruralpopulation, of which 70 percent will use water that meets standards setby the Vietnamese Health Ministry, and 85 percent will have sanitarylatrines./.
