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Is a perfect sanitation system without the need for desludging Exist?

Source: Global Water Partnership On Friday, 4 August 2023, the 4th from the Innovative Solution for Water Secure World and Sustainable Development series was held. the webinar raised a topic of "Learning Exchanges from the Contributors of Integrated Water Security Open Program: Safe Water Gardens". ...

Ca Mau announces coastal erosion emergency

Source: dtinews The southern province of Ca Mau has declared a state of erosion emergency at some local beaches. According to the provincial people's committee, erosion has hit 29 kilometres of six coastline sections in Nam Can, Ngoc Hien and Dam Doi districts.The lists of the affected areas include...

Vinh Phuc residents struggle with pollution from brick factory

Source: dtinews Many residents in the northern province of Vinh Phuc have complained about their lives being affected by serious environmental pollution caused by a local brick factory. Tran Van Hung, a resident in Huong Canh Town, Binh Xuyen District, said that many local people have complained abo...

HCMC eyes Ramsar site designation for Can Gio wetland

Source: VN Express International The protective forest in HCMC's outlying Can Gio District meets the requirements to be designated a Ramsar site and should be nominated for it, the city government has said. In a recent communication to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, it said the C...

Nha Trang wants diving back after coral recovery

Source: VN Express International Nha Trang Bay authorities have proposed the reopening of diving and swimming tours after a one-year suspension to protect coral reefs. Huynh Binh Thanh, head of the bay's management board, said the Institute of Oceanography at the Vietnam Academy of Science and Techn...

July 2023 confirmed as hottest month on record

Source: World Meteorological Organization Earth just had its hottest July on record. Sea ice was the lowest on record. For the fourth consecutive month, the global ocean surface temperature hit a record high. The monthly climate monitoring reports from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change ...

WHO/UNICEF report: Frontline health facilities faltering without WASH and electricity

Source: UN Water Worldwide, millions of lives could be saved and billions in economic losses prevented through one simple, affordable intervention: water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in health care facilities, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF (U...

Improving water efficiency through irrigation modernisation in Vietnam

The Water Efficiency Improvement in Drought-Affected Provinces (WEIDAP) project in Vietnam is aimed at overcoming water scarcity by providing modernised irrigation systems to high value horticulture crops that were badly affected during the 2014-2016 drought. The project has made recent progress in ...

Mekong Delta shrimp farmers’ enthusiasm for working with mangroves is waning

Under a canopy of mangroves, Tran Van Thac's black tiger shrimps scuttle about the clean waters of their pond, devouring any organic matter they encounter. For years, 'integrated shrimp-mangrove' ponds like Thac's in the southern Vietnamese province of Ca Mau, on the Mekong Delta, have been praised ...

Norway funds Vietnam’s hybrid rice farming for climate change adaptation

 The Can Tho University in collaboration with the Global Crop Diversity Trust held a seminar in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on March 13 to discuss biodiversity for opportunities, livelihoods and development in Vietnam. The theme of the event was also part of a project that will be launched...

CTU RAINCRAFT 2023

CTU Raincraft là một phần của dự án Asia Raincraft- Nhằm trao quyền cho các cộng đồng trên khắp châu Á tạo tác động thực sự trong việc giải quyết vấn đề về nước và biến đổi khí hậu trong môi trường sống của chính họ. CTU RAINCRAFT nằm trong khuôn khổ chuỗi chương trình Asia Raincraft, tiếp nối sau t...

GIỚI THIỆU TRIỂN LÃM NGÀNH NƯỚC (VIETWATER 09- 11/11/2022)

Triển lãm thường niên của ngành nước tại Việt Nam đã quay trở lại vào tháng 11 năm nay tại trung tâm hội nghị & triển lãm Sài Gòn (SECC) . Với sự tham gia của đông đảo các tên tuổi uy tín đến từ trong và ngoài nước, ban tổ chức sự kiện (Informa Markets) Việt Nam  hy vọng mang lại cơ hộ...

Vacancy: Project Consultant (Vietnam)

For our  Water Hub in Vietnam we are looking for a Project Consultant. Market Research, Communications, Business Development, Events Position The Water Agency has an exciting position for an entrepreneurial young professional to help us set-up the TWA Water Hub Vietnam . You will help us to gro...

UNESCO Water Resilience Challenge 2022: Concept Solutions.

Concept Solution The final phase of the UNESCO Water Resilience Challenge 2022: Groundwater is the Final Presentation. All the teams are required to present their best concept solutions as well as to show the banner they have made. The outputs then will be scored by the juries to determine the winni...

UNESCO Water Resilience Challenge 2022: Groundwater

 It is a wrap! After the three weeks online phase of UNESCO Water Resilience Challenge, the offline phase in Indonesia and Vietnam then started on Monday, 19 September 2022. It was thrilling to see when participants from various backgrounds started to work as a team on the issues of groundwater...

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