Clean water and numbers to speak

'Water is endless, never shallow' - this misconception has led to waste of clean water in daily life. More other actors such as population growth, economic development and climate change, clean water resources are at risk of exhaustion.

17,200,000

Vietnam currently has about 17.2 million people (equivalent to 21.5% of the population) using domestic water from drilled wells, not tested or processed, according to statistics of the Institute of Labor Medicine and Environmental sanitation.

Typically, in Tien Giang province, only Hung Thanh commune has more than 50% of the population still have to use unsafe water (alum well water, polluted river water, rain water .) for daily activities.

Polluted water causes a high rate of illness among women and children

9,000

According to statistics from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam has about 9,000 deaths every year due to poor water and sanitation. According to the Ministry's general assessment, nearly 200,000 new cancer patients are discovered every year, one of the main causes of water pollution.

In fact, some localities such as Hung Thanh commune, Thanh Tan commune (Tien Giang), Duy Hoa commune (Quang Nam), cases of cancer, inflammation of women due to the use of polluted water account for nearly 40% of the population of the commune, some places up to 50%.

3,840

Vietnam currently belongs to the 'water shortage' country group due to the annual average of 3.840m ³ of surface water, lower than the target of 4,000m ³ / person / year of the International Water Resources Association (IWRA). This is considered a paradox for a country with a dense network of rivers and streams like ours.

Rivers and canals are still the main source of water for most residents of Tan Phuoc and Tien Giang districts

30%

A result of a sociological survey of residents living in river basins in Vietnam, up to 30% of respondents on pollution and exhaustion of clean water sources are not aware of the consequences. seriously, although this situation often affects health, life is not only itself but also their family. This shows that, aware of the importance of clean water, the situation of scarcity of clean water as well as the sense of protection of water resources of Vietnamese people is not high, this is also one of the agents of clean water. It is rare to be wasted in many places.

These statistics show that pollution and scarcity of water are in alarming state. Thinking, people need to raise their awareness and join hands to protect existing clean water sources.