Clean Water Accessible to 350,000 Central Coastal People
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Vietnamese Government have recently signed a credit agreement worth US$45 million for the Central Region Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project. The project is designed to support the country’s efforts to achieve the national development targets and Millennium/Vietnam Development Goals relating to peoples’ access to a clean water supply and sanitation.
As many as 350,000 people in six central coastal provinces of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Nam and Binh Dinh will be provided with clean water and hygienic sanitation facilities. Most beneficiary localities have high poverty rates. Households in the project provinces will be provided with grants and credit to build latrines. To improve hygiene awareness, communal water and sanitation committees will be formed to support information and education activities, with at least 40 % of the members to be women.
ADB’s loan will cover 90 % of the US$50-million project. The loan has a 32-year term, including a grace period of 8 years. The Government of Vietnam and project beneficiaries will make up the balance of the cost with in-kind and cash contributions totalling US$5 million. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is the agency responsible for the project, which is due for completion around the end of 2016.
Tags: ADB, ADB help Vietnam
Posted by VBN on Mar 3 2010. Filed under Int'l Cooperation. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry
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