Water Pollution in VietnamIntroductionThis report will discuss the large-scale water pollution of the Mekong River in Vietnam. Vietnam borders Thailand, Cambodia and China and is located in the southeastern area of ​​the Indochina Peninsula. The Mekong River is located in Southeast Asia, as shown on the map. Massive water pollution in the Mekong dates back decades, when Vietnam experienced rapid economic growth in the 1960s, which caused water pollution problems to spread and intensify across the country. Today, although the water supply situation in Vietnam has improved over the past decades, many rural areas, typically the poorest communities, have not seen significant improvement. This report aims to raise awareness of the problem at hand and also identify and evaluate strategies to help alleviate the current problem that will affect the country; environmentally, socially and economically.How water pollution originatedThe problem of water pollution in the Mekong River is mainly due to two factors: poor management of industrial wastewater and lack of civic awareness . According to figures released by the Ministry of Health, it appears that only 45% of rural residents in Vietnam have access to clean drinking water according to Ministry of Health standards, which is significantly lower than other Asian countries. . Many domestic and industrial facilities use water to discharge waste into canals, rivers and lakes. Most of them did not have any wastewater treatment systems to treat the water flowing into the rivers. In this case, untreated industrial wastewater was directly discharged into the river's waterways, causing serious surface water pollution. Additionally, the lack of cit...... middle of paper ...... eventually die due to the toxins in the river. In order to address this problem, the government has proposed strategies to address water resource management issues in the country by constructing sewerage systems and infrastructure and formulating and implementing treatment policies and projects wastewater specifically aimed at contributing to improving the water quality of the Mekong River. . For these strategies to be successful, the construction of sewerage systems must be carried out quickly in conjunction with policies and projects that must be strictly monitored and supervised. However, if wastewater treatment policies are not carefully monitored and followed, these strategies will not be successful, which will mean worsening pollution of the Mekong. Overall, these strategies can be successful if implemented correctly.