HÀ NỘI – Việt Nam currently has 18,109 rural water supply facilities providing standardised clean water to 9,374,264 rural households, said Lương Văn Anh, deputy director of the Water Resources Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development). Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Hoàng Hiệp stated at the conference that, despite achieving encouraging results, rural clean water supply faces numerous challenges. First, the policy framework for water supply remains incomplete, with no specific water supply law, while existing regulations are insufficient, inconsistent and lack practical effectiveness. Second, there is a significant need for investment in rural clean water to meet the target of 80 per cent of rural populations having clean water by 2030. This impacts the reliability of clean water supply, with many facilities forced to operate below capacity or even shut down due to insufficient water resources, affecting the sustainable and safe provision of clean water for rural residents.
