Ha Giang invests VND150 billion for rural clean water project
The State budget has allocated VND150 billion for the northernmost mountain province of Ha Giang to implement the national programme for clean water during 2011-2015 period.
According to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, 300 projects will be carried out to provide clean water for more than 60,000 people.
The programme aims to have over 75 percent of the rural population using fresh water by 2015.
After 10 years of deploying the national clean water programme, the number of child deaths and people infected with water-borne diseases has decreased considerably.
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