The World Bank (WB) announced it recently approved additional funding of USD$119 million for the ongoing Urban Water Supply and Wastewater Project in Vietnam.
Approved by the WB Board of Executive Directors in May 2011, the
project includes 14 subprojects across 10 provinces with an average
population size of 100,000 in the urban centres.
Most of the additional funding has been earmarked for a wastewater and
drainage subproject in the southern province of Binh Duong.
The
remaining funds will be used to cover cost overruns due to the
appreciation of the US dollar and offer the Ministry of Construction
technical support to prepare a new water supply project in the Mekong
Delta.
As a result, 65,872 households with 450,382 people will have access to
clean water, and 312,050 urban residents will enjoy improved sanitation.
“With this, achievements under the original project will be further
consolidated and sustained, and more people in Binh Duong, in southern Vietnam, will enjoy better wastewater and drainage services,” said
Achim Fock, the World Bank’s Acting Country Director for Vietnam.
VNS