Tiếp tục phát triển của ngành thủy lợi tại Việt Nam đòi hỏi Chính phủ thiết lập một khuôn khổ cho phép của chính sách, pháp luật và cơ chế tài chính là đủ hấp dẫn để giải phóng tiềm năng vốn có và các nguồn lực của các khu vực tư nhân và dân số nông thôn tham gia trong phát triển thuỷ lợi. Chính phủ phải thành lập tổ chức quản lý tài nguyên nước trong bối cảnh của lưu vực sông và lưu vực và các hệ thống thủy lợi để quản lý theo các quy định của ranh giới thủy lực của. | Cooperation among Irrigation Institutions Lars Skov Andersen - WBI COWI Rural paysage in Vietnam Summary Continued development of the irrigation sector in Vietnam requires Government to establish an enabling framework ofpolicies legislation and financing mechanisms that is sufficiently attractive to release the inherent potential and resources of the private sector and the rural population to participate in irrigation development. Government must set up institutions to manage water resources in the context of river basins and catchments and to manage irrigation systems in accordance with the hydraulic boundaries of these systems and abandon the present system of managing water resources and irrigation according to administrative boundaries. In Vietnam Participatory Irrigation Management PIM is relevant mainly for irrigation systems and schemes that have been built with government funds and now are managed by Irrigation Management Companies IMC on behalf of government. For large irrigation systems these IMCs may need to be reformed and possibly split up or merged in order to be aligned with the hydraulic boundaries of irrigation systems while for small systems and individual schemes the management should be transferred to Water User Associations WUAs established in accordance with the 2004 PIM Strategy. Implementation of PIM and reorientation of the irrigation sector in accordance with the 2004 Strategy and the above principles carries the potential for the second major leap forward in agricultural productivity that would go a long way towards eliminating poverty and hunger among the rural population in Vietnam. Introduction Future irrigation management in Vietnam should be aligned with modern principles for water resources management by river basins and delivery of irrigation services on market economic principles. In this context the role of government will be to provide an enabling environment of policies legislation and institutions that are sufficiently .
