This presentation provides an overview of the major issues influencing the Government of Viet Nam’s wastewater management program. It also highlights Asian Development Bank’s past achievements and current strategies in accomplishing the government’s objectives and targets.

The sub-regional conference formally launched Regional Technical Assistance 8060: Promoting Innovations in Wastewater Management in Asia and the Pacific. Participants were a mixture of government executives, wastewater industry practitioners, and private sector representatives from the following countries: Philippines, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, and Uzbekistan.

This session discussed various innovative methods and technologies that make sanitation manageable.

This session hosted a moderated panel discussion that explored various financing and delivery mechanisms available to create affordable sanitation.

This presentation discusses how to ensure central government or local government subsidies are used rationally to solve sanitation issues. The necessary aspects for rational and sustainable maintenance and management of wastewater treatment facilities constructed with national subsidies are enumerated. The experience of Japan is featured as a case study.

With the goal of creating affordable sanitation, this session explored various ways that make financing of sanitation and wastewater management possible.

The Alandur Sewerage Project is a unique case of public-private partnership in the sanitation sector in urban India. It represents an effective institutional and financial approach towards implementation of sustainable sewerage system in the country.

With the goal of creating sustainable sanitation, this session explored various solutions on how to turn wastewater into resource. It discussed a number of ways to make sanitation a part of the solution.

This presentation introduces the City of San Fernando in the Province of La Union, Philippines. The sanitation programs of the city comprising of ecological solid waste management and wastewater treatment facility among others, and supported by environmental ordinances, are discussed. Environmental awards and recognitions received by the city are highlighted.

With the mission to become a clean and healthy city just like others, the City of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, is working its way towards providing excellent sanitation coverage. Increasing capacity building and community involvement are only some of the recommended actions that will help the city meet its sanitation goal.