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ASEAN, Mekong River Commission produce water security solutions

saowalakj — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 09:51:56 +0000

ASEAN and the Mekong River Commission (MRC) have come up with three solutions to help riparian countries address their water security challenges.

The solutions, relating to policy, technology and partnerships, were highlighted at the ASEAN-MRC Water Security Dialogue held last week, the commission announced in a statement Tuesday.

At the policy level, senior officials and experts called for all parties to promote greater transparency and deeper engagement to boost sustainable management of water and related resources throughout Southeast Asia.

Progressive policy and institutional reforms which promote integrated water resources management (IWRM) are needed, participants agreed at the two-day meeting that ended last Friday.

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ASEAN, Mekong River Commission to convene water security dialogue

saowalakj — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 07:54:05 +0000

ASEAN and the Mekong River Commission will hold a Water Security Dialogue to address the region’s emerging challenges on water security.

A first of its kind, the dialogue is slated for Aug. 19 and 20, hosted online by the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat, in cooperation with the ASEAN Secretariat, the MRC said in a statement.

The dialogue is expected to gather senior officials, technical experts, and partners from the Mekong and other ASEAN countries to exchange new ideas and identify areas for collaboration to strengthen regional and local capacities in addressing water scarcity, water pollution, and disaster risks like flooding and drought.

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National water resource security scheme discussed

saowalakj — Wed, 19 May 2021 06:33:17 +0000

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Water Resource Management Department convened an online meeting with relevant units in Hanoi on May 17 to discuss building a scheme to ensure national water resource security.

Speaking at the event, deputy head of the department Nguyen Minh Khuyen said Vietnam has about 830-840 billion cu.m of water. However, about 60 percent are flowing from external sources. Meanwhile, water flow distribution is uneven, mostly in the Mekong Delta with around 57 percent, the Red River – Thai Binh nearly 16 percent and the remaining from other basins.

Underground water reaches about 63 billion cu.m while water for socio-economic development nears 84 billion cu.m each year. Domestic water demand is expected to rise by about 32 percent by 2030, leading to higher risk of losing water security.

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China Is Winning the Race for Water Security in Asia

lannguyen — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 00:26:05 +0000

Great power competition in Asia is not only about control of critical waterways in the South China Sea, but also about who controls Asia’s fresh water. The future of Asia’s water—upon which about four billion people depend—lies in China’s hands. Through its presence in Tibet, China controls the headwaters of ten of the eleven major rivers of Asia.

[…]Already, China has dammed and now controls the flow of the Mekong River.

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Mekong water security sets off alarm bells in the region

lannguyen — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 00:30:34 +0000

Water resource security – which involves the sustainable use and protection of water systems, the mitigation against floods and droughts, and the sustainable development of water resources – is one of the emerging key regional issues in Southeast Asia.

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