World Bank2014-07-212014-07-212014-06-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18946This Review, undertaken by the World Bank Water & Sanitation Program, is provided at the request of the Ministry of Construction of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with the objectives of (a) Providing guidance/recommendations concerning the reform proposals of state owned enterprises operating in the field of water supply and urban sanitation and (b) Providing guidance/recommendations concerning economic management options for service providers. It will be important to ensure that these reforms are undertaken in an explicitly poor-inclusive manner. The Review achieves these objectives through a review of the current situation, are view of progress on the reform agenda and presentation of potential options for improvement of the urban water and waste sector in Vietnam.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONASSESSMENT OF WATER SUPPLYASSET CONDITIONASSET MANAGEMENTASSET VALUATIONBENCHMARKINGBENEFICIAL EFFECTSBILATERAL DONORSBILL COLLECTIONBULK WATERBULK WATER SUPPLYCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPITAL INVESTMENTCAPITAL INVESTMENTSCAPITAL MARKETSCASH FLOWCASH FLOWSCLEAN WATERCOMPETITIVE PRESSURECONSTRUCTIONCOST RECOVERYCOST SAVINGSCUBIC METERSCUBIC METERS PER DAYCUSTOMER SERVICEDISTRIBUTION NETWORKDISTRIBUTION NETWORKSDISTRIBUTION SYSTEMSDOMESTIC USEDOMESTIC WATERDOMESTIC WATER SUPPLYDRINKING WATERDRINKING WATER QUALITYECONOMIC REGULATIONELECTRICITY SECTORENFORCEMENT POWERSENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONFREE WATERGROUND WATERGROUNDWATERHOLDING COMPANYHOUSEHOLDSHYGIENEINDEPENDENT REGULATORYINDEPENDENT REGULATORY AUTHORITYINFILTRATIONINTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKINGINTERNATIONAL COMPARATORSINVESTMENT COSTSINVESTMENT PLANNINGINVESTMENT PROGRAMLARGER UTILITIESLEAKAGELEGAL STATUSLIFELINE TARIFFSLOCAL AUTHORITIESLOWER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENTMANAGEMENT OF WATERNATURAL RESOURCESNUMBER OF WATEROPERATING COSTSPERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTSPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPERFORMANCE STANDARDSPERFORMANCE TARGETSPIPED WATERPIPELINEPIPELINESPOOR DRINKING WATER QUALITYPOTABLE WATERPOTABLE WATER SUPPLYPRIVATE COMPANIESPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE UTILITIESPROVIDING WATER SUPPLYPROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTPROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTSPROVISION OF WATERPROVISION OF WATER SUPPLYPROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICESPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC UTILITIESPUBLIC UTILITYQUALITY OF SERVICEQUALITY STANDARDSQUANTITY OF WATERRAPID URBANIZATIONRAW WATERREGULATION BY CONTRACTREGULATORY ACTIVITIESREGULATORY AGENCYREGULATORY APPROACHESREGULATORY ARRANGEMENTSREGULATORY DESIGNREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREGULATORY MECHANISMSREGULATORY OBLIGATIONSREGULATORY PROBLEMSREGULATORY REFORMSREGULATORY SYSTEMREVERSE OSMOSISRURAL WATERSANITATION MARKETSANITATION PROGRAMSANITATION PROVIDERSSANITATION SECTORSANITATION SERVICESSANITATION UTILITIESSANITATION UTILITYSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE DELIVERY PERFORMANCESERVICE IMPROVEMENTSERVICE PROVIDERSSERVICE PROVISIONSERVICE STANDARDSSEWERAGESEWERAGE COMPANYSEWERAGE SYSTEMSSURFACE WATERSURFACE WATER RESOURCESTARIFF LEVELSTARIFF MECHANISMSTARIFF RATETARIFF SETTINGTOWNTOXIC CHEMICALSTREATMENT FACILITIESTREATMENT PLANTURBAN AREASURBAN SANITATIONURBAN UTILITIESURBAN WATERURBAN WATER SECTORURBAN WATER SUPPLYURBAN WATER SUPPLY DEVELOPMENTURBAN WATER UTILITIESURBAN WATER UTILITYUSE OF WATERUTILITIESUTILITY COMPANIESUTILITY DIVERSIFICATIONUTILITY MANAGEMENTUTILITY OPERATINGUTILITY SERVICEUTILITY SERVICESUTILITY STRUCTUREWASTE WATERWASTE WATER INFRASTRUCTUREWASTEWATERWASTEWATER SERVICESWASTEWATER TREATMENTWASTEWATER UTILITIESWASTEWATER UTILITYWATER CONSUMPTIONWATER COVERAGEWATER DISTRIBUTIONWATER FACILITIESWATER INFRASTRUCTUREWATER MANAGEMENTWATER POLLUTIONWATER PRODUCTIONWATER PROJECTSWATER PROVIDERSWATER QUALITYWATER QUALITY CONTROLWATER QUALITY MANAGEMENTWATER QUALITY STANDARDSWATER REGULATIONWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCESWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTWATER SECTORWATER SOURCEWATER SOURCESWATER SUPPLIESWATER SUPPLYWATER SUPPLY COMPANIESWATER SUPPLY COMPANYWATER SUPPLY CONNECTIONSWATER SUPPLY SYSTEMWATER SYSTEMWATER USEWATER UTILITIES10.1596/18946