Among more than 4,000 participants were Minister Nguyen Minh Quang and representatives of local departments of natural resources and environment in the Mekong Delta.
Minister Quang said water is a valuable natural resource connected to the people’s daily life and production. Where there’s no water, there’s no agricultural production, no food security. So, the reasonable protection and usage of water has become a hot issue. People are asked to use water economically, avoid waste and prevent water sources from being polluted for the benefit of Vietnam’s sustainable development.
Martin Junker, consultant of a Belgian project to improve Vietnam’s capacity to assess and manage natural resources in Vietnam, said most of Belgian projects in Vietnam are related to climate and environmental protection.
The Belgian side is committed to supporting Vietnam in reducing water resource pollution to cope with climate change, protecting and using water resources in a reasonable manner, he said.
At the meeting, Hoang Van Bay, Head of the Office of Water and Minerals Management Department under the MONRE, called people to protect water resources as insisted by Secretary General of United Nations Ban Ki-moon in his World Water Day 2012 speech.
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