The National Dialogue on Water for Asian countries
| Meeting | VIWC2026 |
| Topic | OS10: Policy Dialogue on Water in Vietnam |
| Author | Jewon LEE |
| Organization | Asia Water Council (AWC) 200, Sintanjin-ro, Daedeok-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea |
| DOI | 2022.1663176551 |
Abstract
The Asia Water Council (AWC) is a leading water platform that aims to provide tangible solutions to resolve water issues in Asia and beyond, and support achieving sustainable development with clean and sufficient water. AWC consists of 147 members from 27 countries, and actively cooperating with water-related organizations including governments, academic and research institutions, non-governmental organizations and civil society.</br> AWC is closely working together with Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea (MoE) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) under the name of “National Dialogue on Water”, targeting to accelerating investments to water security and sustainable development in Asian countries. AWC is taking a role to provide technical advice on water related issues in Asian countries.</br> Throughout the Dialogue, AWC will concentrate on providing innovative solutions to resolve water-related issues and strengthen technical capacity of the Vietnam’s water sector. Technological solutions could be related to:</br>
- Securing sustainable water resources to manage increasing water demand from economic development;</br>
- Development of technologies on water resources monitoring of the drought situation associated with climate variavility and climate change, especially targeting on Mekong delta, Huong basin etc.;</br>
- Leakage management on water supply to reduce water shortage;</br>
- Water quality management for both surface and ground water.</br>
