Belgium funds water supply project in Binh Dinh
A total of 84,000 people in seven communes in Phu Cat and Tuy Phuoc districts, the central province of Binh Dinh, have accessed to safe water as a new water supply facility was put into operation on September 27.
The facility, which sits in Cat Nhon commune, Phu Cat district, has a daily capacity of 5,600 cubic metres. It was built at a cost of more than VND104 billion (US$4.8 million) with over VND65 billion funded by the Belgian Government.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Ho Quoc Dung said the new facility is part of a water supply and hygiene project in BinhDinh under a cooperation programme between the two Governments.
The project, which lasts from August 2009 to July 2014, will cost a total of EUR8.95 million (US$12 million), with EUR7.5 million coming from Belgium.
It aims is to improve community health and living standards in An Nhon town and the districts of HoaiNhon, Phu My, Phu Cat, TuyPhuoc and Tay Son.