JICA funds project to improve VN’s capacity for water management
JICA funds project to improve VN’s capacity for water environment management
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide technical assistance worth 914,000 USD to a project to improve Vietnam’s capacity for water environment management.
Water monitoring project will be carried out in the Cau River basin. (Photo: baomoi.com)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) willprovide technical assistance worth 914,000 USD to a project to improveVietnam’s capacity for water environment management.
Under the project, which was launched by the VietnamEnvironment Administration (VEA), JICA and Japanese-based Optex Company Limitedon October 8, simple water monitoring devices will be installed at 54 points inprovinces in the Cau River basin which are Bac Kan, Thai Nguyen, Bac Ninh, BacGiang, Vinh Phuc and Hai Duong provinces and Hanoi city. The project aims toassess those devices’ efficiency, suitability for the local environment andtheir satisfaction of techniques and measurement regulations in Vietnam.
The project will be carried from October 2019 to September 2020.
VEA Deputy Director Nguyen Hung Thinh said that environment monitoring has beenmaintained in Vietnam since 1994, and it has played an increasing role inenvironmental protection and management in the country.
He laid stress on the importance to enhance watermonitoring activities in river basins as socio-economic development is exertinggreat pressure on the water resources.
Daisuke Okabe, a representative from the JapaneseEmbassy in Vietnam, said that the Cau River basin is suffering from seriouspollution, and the project’s equipment, which is able to collect the monitoringdata easily at low cost, is expected to assist with the control of waterquality in the basin.
Meanwhile, Koji Takauchi, a senior consultant at JICA,believed the project will solve problems of water quality in Vietnam’s riverbasins based on products that have been successfully applied in Japan./.
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Water monitoring project will be carried out in the Cau River basin. (Photo: baomoi.com) 
