On March 1st, 2019, Vietnam Water Supply and Sewerage Association held Water Supply and Sewerage Conference at Binh Duong Convention and Exhibition Center, with the subject: “Policy for development of water industry, opportunities, difficulties, challenges and recommendations”. The program was attended and chaired by Hero of Labor Cao Lai Quang - Former Deputy Minister of Construction, Chairman of Vietnam Water Supply and Sewerage Association.
In addition, Mr. Dang Minh Hung - Vice Chairman of Binh Duong People's Committee; representatives of ministries, departments, central agencies, world bank, leaders of provincial departments and sectors and enterprises in the water supply and drainage industry across the country attended. The conference focused on discussing about opportunities, challenges and difficulties in the policy of developing Vietnam's water industry and recommendations in the coming time.
Leaders of the Association, ministries, departments and water supply sewerage utilities have speeches on their achievements and lessons in the process of equitization, renewing the mechanisms on water tariff; standard system and water supply and sewerage standards in Vietnam, strategic development for water industry.
Before that, in the afternoon of February 28th, 2019 at Binh Duong Water Environment Joint Stock Company, the Vietnam Water Supply and Sewerage Association held the 5th meeting of the Executive Committee - Term V to review the association's activities in 2018 and propose the direction for the future. In recent years, sub-associations, members of the association tried hard to complete the 2018 plan which contributed to the success of major targets of the industry.
However, the policy mechanisms for development of water industry are still inadequate, which are not consistent in legal documents or regulations in legal documents are not updated, supplemented or modified; many regulations on preferential support are not implemented; The regulations of equitization and enterprise management after privatization are insufficient or unreasonable.
Therefore, the delegates proposed to research and supplement the legal documents (Law of tariff, Law of Investment, Law of Environmental Protection, law of construction, law of Road Traffic) to ensure consistency and synchrony; to research, formulate and promulgate law of water supply , Drainage and Wastewater; to study roadmap of equitization for water utilities according to local conditions.
The conference ended successfully after 2 working days hosted by Binh Duong Water Environment Joint Stock Company. On this occasion, enterprises also registered to participate in exhibitions of materials for water supply, specialized equipment for environmental treatment and recycling products from waste such as Elephant fertilizer, ceramic tiles, etc.
Some pictures of the Conference: