viet nam: understanding current conditions of cities by nguyen tuong van

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Urban Sanitation Development in Vietnam. , ,

Administration of Technical Infrastructure – Vietnamese Ministry of Construction



Current Urban Sanitation in Vietnam:

• Combined sewerage systems for wastewater and storm

water; incomplete, inconsistent with degraded drains leadingto low dischar e.

• Untreated wastewater discharges directly to water bodies.

• Treated wastewater accounts for less than 10%.



Current Urban Sanitation in Vietnam:

- Urban Flooding:

- Pollutions:



Drainage and Wastewater Treatment:

• Policy: Inconsistencies, overlaps and gaps in legaldocuments; legal enforcement is notstrong.

• Technical issues: Selecting model and technology for

- Types of sewerage systems (combined vs. separated)- o e o sewerage sys em cen ra ze vs. ecen ra ze

- Technology of sewerage treatment




• Financial Issue: Wastewater fee collection is not exercisedn rea y ony envronmen a pro ec on ee wor o

water tariffs is enforceable)

- Awareness of the municipal authorities;

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-Incomplete wastewater projects, leaving urban wastewater




•Investment in building and rehabilitation of sewerage

- Require large amounts of funds;

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- Lack of priorities from local authorities;- m e prva e sec or par c pa on;

- Delayed and ineffective project implementation;

- Public participation.




•Institutional issue – service providers

- Decree No. 88 stipulates that service utility shall be an

organisation or individual to provide wastewater service as per.

- In practice, this has not been well defined. There are currentlythee models of sewera e utilities:

+ Water supply and Wastewater treatment company (WWC)

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+ Drainage company (DSC)




•Climate change has caused visible impact likeirre ula whirlwinds heav rain floodin hi h tidesetc., on the operations of urban sewerage systems (in

Vietnamese urban centres).




• Continue to improve the current sector legal document,

• Improve Urban Master Plan to use models and treatment

• Policies for financing wastewater investment: Combine

contributions; End-user contributions are encouraged (fortertiary and house connections...); Various forms of public-prva e par ners ps are encourage , suc as ,BOOT, etc.




• Introduce wastewater fee policies to cover operating costs and,,

• For model of sewerage utilities, Government encourages tomer er water su l & sewera e utilities

• Capacity development for central government and urban:

establishment of strategies, improvement of planning quality,forecast, improvement of awareness for local authorities of alllevels through training courses, manuals, etc.

wastewater treatment technology and relevant O&M, etc.



Urban Sanitation Development in Vietnam

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