The programme is targeted to mobilize people to implement environmental hygiene, use clean water, improve their sanitation behavior, wash hands with soap and provide consultancy and support to build standard toilets while evaluating quality of living water at the medial stations and schools in the beneficiary communes.

Water supply system in Thang town, Hiep Hoa district.

By the end of 2019, these 31 communes will strive to have at least 70 percent of the households equipped with standard toilets, 80 percent of them having handwashing facilities with soap, 20 out of 31 communes supported with clean water supply system and handwashing facilities with soap at local schools and medical stations.

The estimated fund for implementation of the programme in 2019 is 2.61 billion VND (112,767 USD) with loan from the World Bank including 2.26 billion VND (97,645 USD) to build toilets for the poor and nearly poor households and policy beneficiary families in 6 districts of Tan Yen, Yen The, Hiep Hoa, Yen Dung, Viet Yen and Lang Giang.

Young businesswoman promotes water puppetry art to the South

With the desire to preserve and promote the unique water puppet art of the nation, a young girl named Hoang Huong Giang has implemented a bold project: building a miniature water puppet stage right in the heart of District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.

Increasing clean water coverage

(BGO) - Implementing the “Results-based Scaling-up Rural Sanitation and Water Supply” (RB-SupRSWS) Programme from the World Bank (WB)’s loans, many clean water facilities in Bac Giang province have come into operation. This helps many rural people use hygienic water.

Bac Giang to expand rural sanitation and water supply program from World Bank loan

(BGO)- The provincial People’s Committee of Bac Giang province has launched the plan to implement the Program on expanding scale of rural sanitation and clean water supply based on loans from the World Bank (WB) in 2020.

Seeds for seedless watermelons exported to Japan

Loc Troi Group, a leading provider of agricultural services and products in Vietnam, on July 23 announced it had exported 8.1 kg of seeds that will grow into seedless watermelons to Japan.

Campaign launched to protect children from water-related calamities

A ceremony was held in the northwestern province of Hoa Binh on June 3 to launch the campaign on preventing disasters related to water for children and students during the flood season.

Minh Minh