The Law on Water Resources 2023: Improve effectiveness and efficiency in state management of water resources

Abstract

The Law on Water Resources 2023 was officially passed by the 15th National Assembly on 27 November 2023 with 468 National Assembly delegates voting unanimously, accounting for 94.74% of the total number of delegates. This is a big step forward in thinking, approach, and changing water resources governance methods in the context that Vietnam’s water sources are considered “too much, too short, too dirty” and ensuring that water resources are managed as public property owned by the entire people with the State representing the owner and unified management in accordance with the 2013 Constitution.