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Hanoi - The Asian Development Bank will loan 1 billion dollars to Vietnam to help hundreds of thousands of poor families get piped water for the first time, the bank said Tuesday.

The programme aims to help install new pipelines and improve existing infrastructure in major cities across the country, starting with a 138-million-dollar project in Ho Chi Minh City.

It is part of a nearly-2.8-billion-dollar investment programme involving the government and water companies to improve water supply. Three million families are to be affected nationwide, including 500,000 poor households that do not currently have piped water, the bank said. 

On 10 November 2010 at the vietnam water industry conference 2010, Mr. Sten Linberg - Head of Urban and Industry Department, DHI - a global research and consulting firm within Water, Environment and Health and Mr. Le Phuoc Thanh – from VidaGIS Company Ltd. - a Vietnamese GIS specialist and water consultant company will give the presentation of “Holistic NRW Management”.

VietWater is an international meeting of the water and wastewater industry professionals within Vietnam and the region to examine new technology, solutions and management practices as a way forward to sustainability in water supply and wastewater management leveraging on green technology and solutions. Themed “Green Technologies & Solutions for a Sustainable Water Industry”, the conference will focus on emerging technologies and advances that are eco-friendly and energy efficient as well as management best practices that are ‘green’.