Vietnam’s rapid economic and social growth has intensified pressure on its water sources, leading to disputes and management challenges among competing demands from various sectors. Issues such as untreated wastewater discharge, inadequate agricultural and aquacultural waste management, overexploitation, and climate change-induced droughts have significantly degraded many rivers and reservoirs. This degradation not only diminishes the ecological functions of water bodies but also imposes substantial economic losses. 

The Strengthening Water Resources Assessment and Restoration in Vietnam project is assisting the Government of Vietnam in strengthening sustainable water resources management and restoration efforts. Specifically, it will support developing criteria, a methodological framework, and national guidelines for assessing and classifying water resources. 

Alluvium is providing the international Water Resources Specialist/advisor to a team of individual consultants working closely with MONRE and other relevant Vietnamese authorities to deliver the project. The consultants are conducting a comprehensive review and analysis of Vietnam’s current water resources situation and developing a set of criteria for assessing and classifying water resources, piloting in at least two river basins and developing a national guideline for widespread application.