Seminar seeks to improve water management

A workshop to enhance water resource management and urban planning to respond to climate change was held in Hanoi on September 3.

 

Themed ‘Inter-Provincial and Transnational Water Management: From Policy to Practice,’ the workshop, held by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, focused on issues relating to cross-border water management; climate change; the planning, investigation and monitoring of water resources; the relationship between water, energy, food and health; the supply and treatment of water; and the social and cultural values of water.

Some suggested State management agencies and enterprises should have a deeper understanding of water resources to create suitable solutions to effectively manage water in river basins, thereby ensuring sustainable socioeconomic development in the locality.

 

Moreover, it is also essential to continue seeking groundwater and creating a fund to support water for residents, while conducting a survey on and a planning scheme for water resources and developing a master plan for irrigation development.

 

Participants at the workshop also discussed ways to enhance links in using and managing water sources and river basins in combination with green growth, ecological preservation, coping with climate change, food and energy security and improving the lives of locals.

 

A photo exhibition featuring the idea of water protection was also held on the sidelines of the event.

 

(Source: NDO)