WB Funds Dam Safety Improvement Project in Vietnam
About 6.8 million people in Vietnam are expected to benefit from improvements to dam safety for some 450 irrigation dams, with support from a US$415 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA), approved recently by the World Bank Group’s Board of Executive
The Vietnam Dam Rehabilitation and Safety Improvement Project, which supports the government’s dam safety programme, will rehabilitate about 450 irrigation dams that have been prioritised based on their age and degraded condition. This will help about 2.7 million people who rely on these dams for agricultural and aquaculture production and water supply; and about 4.1 million people and economic assets downstream that are at risk in the event of a dam failure.
In addition to financing the physical rehabilitation of irrigation dams, the project will also support the government’s efforts to implement a sustainable framework for ensuring dam safety across the portfolio of dams. This includes establishing technical and regulatory standards, codes, guidelines and norms to be applied across all types of dams so that overall dam safety is more standardised, transparent and accountable.
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