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Da Nang to see water shortage

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city will face a shortage of clean water as the salinity of water produced by the Cau Do water plant has reached an alarming 13.568mg per litre.

Drought & hot weather still hits central southern region

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hot weather and drought continue scorching the southern-central coastal provinces in the upcoming days, reported the Central Hydrology Meteorology Forecast Center.

Hanoi continues to face water shortage

 VietNamNet Bridge – A shortage of clean water would affect residents in several parts of Ha Noi this summer, the Ha Noi Water Supply Company said.

Mekong Delta feared to suffer from water shortage

 Farmers in the Mekong Delta have been warned to store water for farming as saltwater intrusion is predicted to get more severe from the coming dry season due to the sharp decrease in the floodwater volume in the region.

High salinity triggers water shortage in Da Nang

VietNamNet Bridge – Residents in seven districts of the central city have lacked clean water since last week as the salinity in Cau Do water plant –Da Nang's major water supply –reached an alarming high of 9.950mg per litre.

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Water supply drops as fears arise over pipeline breakdown

 VietNamNet Bridge – The lack of water for Hanoians over the last two weeks was caused partly by the water supply plant reducing water pump pressure for fear that the pipeline may break down again.

Where water is as expensive as gold

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 400 households in the large seaside city of Nha Trang have been using water from a cemetery for their daily life for the past 30 years.

Vietnamese weep for water shortage, fear for water overabundance

 VietNamNet Bridge – While the people of Quang Ngai Province have been struggling to survive the water shortage in the summer heat, the locals in Kon Tum Province have been living in the fear that the water overabundance will immerge them one day.

Delta households face water shortage

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 377,000 people in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta face a fresh water shortage because of saline water intrusion in the area, .

Da Nang raises water price on water shortage caused by hydropower plants

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang, which estimates the lack of one billion cubic meters of water due to the hydropower plants, has raised the water price and prepared for a lawsuit against the government agency.

Da Nang faces shortage of 1bil. cubic meters of safe water

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang, the best city in Vietnam to live in as selected in a recent survey, has been warned that it would lack over one billion cubic meters of running water in the dry season.

Water shortage hits suburban Ha Noi

 VietNamNet Bridge – A shortage of clean water has hit residents in many of Ha Noi's suburban districts, leaving them no choice but to spend over the odds on water or resort to using stagnant pond water.

Dak Lak Province faces acute water shortage

 VietNamNet Bridge – This last one month, residents of Buon Ma Thuot City, Buon Ho Town and Krong Pak District in Dak Lak Province have been facing an acute shortage of water