JICA Helps HCM City Control Flood

Japan will continue to support Ho Chi Minh City to enhance the capacity in managing its sewerage system to better control flood situation in the city. This is objective of the Technical Cooperation Project, phase 2, which was signed July 5, in Ho Chi Minh City by Mr Nagase Toshio, Senior Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Vietnam and Mr Nguyen Phuoc Thao, Director of Steering Centre of the Urban Flood Control (SCFC) Program.

 

The Project, phase 2 is succeeding its 18- month phase 1, completed in November 2010. The phase 2’s outputs include the enhancement of management capacity by SCFC on sewerage works in Tau Hu Ben Nghe- Kenh Doi- Kenh Te basin, on selecting and supervising contractors and SCFC’s capability on developing road map for implementation of sewerage projects. In details, the Project will conduct a number of activities including dispatching long- term and short term experts, conducting training courses in Japan and other countries and supplying a number of equipment and facilities to achieve the Project’s outputs.

 

Ho Chi Minh City has become vulnerable to flood problem, including tiding, over the last 10 years. The Project also tackles such issues as improvement of waste water quality management, enhancement of public awareness, and better reporting system on Operation and Maintenance of waste water treatment plant between related stakeholders in the city’s sewerage sector. The Project is scheduled to last for 3 years since September, 2011, with Steering Centre of the Urban Flood Control Program as main Vietnamese counterpart.