Participants visit stalls displaying water-related equipment on the fringe of the workshop in Hue city (Photo: thuathienhue.gov.vn) Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – A workshop was held in Huecity, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, on July 6 to promotewater-related business activities of Japan’s Yokohama city in Vietnam.
The event was organised by the Thua Thien-HueConstruction and Water Supply Co. Ltd (HueWACO), the Yokohama Waterworks Bureau(YWWB) and the Yokohama Water Business Association (YWBA). It attracted 165delegates from 58 organisations and agencies in Vietnam’s water sector andseven leading water-related agencies of Japan.
They were briefed about water supply services,water leak detection technologies, integrated water resources managementsystems and manpower training so as to improve the water sector’s businessefficiency.
Participants also shared experience to helpVietnam’s water supply companies receive advice from and advanced water supplytechnologies transferred by Japan.
Vice Chairman of the Thua Thien-Hue People’sCommittee Nguyen Dung lauded the cooperation between the two countries’ watersector, noting that the projects implemented by the YWWB in the province haveproved effective and become an example of Vietnam’s international cooperationin the water sector.
The People’s Committee pledges to facilitatebusiness and investment projects of the YWWB and the YWBA in Hue, he stressed.
The province has provided safe water for nearly1 million people, or 83 percent of its population. However, about 200,000residents in rural areas haven’t accessed clean water supply sources, he noted,adding that Thua Thien-Hue wants to receive more assistance and cooperationfrom Japan’s water sector to improve local water supply capacity.
A representative of the YWWB said the bureauwill sign a cooperation agreement for 2017-2019 with HueWACO to enhance ties inclean water supply for the province.
Director of the province’s Department ofExternal Affairs Tran Dinh Phu said aside from water supply, Thua Thien-Hue andJapan have also cooperated in many other spheres such as disaster prevention,heritage preservation, transport, education and health care. Japan is currentlythe biggest ODA provider of Vietnam as well as the province.
Notably, the Japan International CooperationAgency (JICA) has assisted Hue city with a project on improving the local waterenvironment. Phase I of the project has a total investment of 20 trillion JPY(220 million USD) funded by the Japanese Government’s concessional loan.-VNA
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