Another concern is safe water supply and proper waste disposal for hospitals and other health facilities. In addition to these government agencies, private environmental consulting and technology supply companies are emerging, in many cases out of existing public-sector entities such as universities and research labs that are experiencing a diminution of government support. A number of water quality issues were identified, some of which are summarized below. Contaminated drinking water leading to diarrhoeal diseases is the most serious problem. Though national policy no longer supports the use of nightsoil as fertilizer, this is still a common practice.
Local people take various actions to manage their water quality.
Beginning to generate this type of information base is one of the tasks that to be addressed by TA-2. The work of TA-2 now will be to translate these principles into a plan for the development over the coming few years of MARD's water quality management information system. Water Resources Series No. 67, 193-199. Quality of water sources in six provinces in south Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City, August.