In March 2026, Blue Dragon Vietnam carried out a GIS training together with Can Tho University and also conducted a fact-finding mission on clean water in An Giang province.
GIS training for Mekong Delta provinces
The expert pool on Geographic Information System (GIS) executed its seventh week of training in the first week of March 2026. The 7th week focused on identifying agricultural land use using remote sensing.
Mrs. Petra Hulsman (Water Authority De Stichtse Rijnlanden) and Mr. Rob van Ede (Water Authority Rivierenland) conducted the training in cooperation with the Can Tho University. All provinces of the Mekong Delta take part in this training.
Factfinding mission on clean water
During the second week of March the two trainers of the training pool on wastewater treatment and the 2 Dutch KIWI participants conducted a factfinding mission in An Giang province and Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta. KIWI participants are professionals from the Dutch water authorities who spend two years deepening their knowledge of climate adaptation, project development, and environmental management. They combine intensive learning sessions with hands-on experience in international projects, such as that of Blue Deal in Vietnam.
Together with the partnership managers and the provincial partners existing wastewater treatment plants were visited and options for training discussed. The KIWI’s focussed on clean water by visiting possible rural locations in both provinces for a possible pilot project on rural wastewater treatment, rainwater storage and awareness raising regarding garbage disposal in surface waters.
Together they will draft a training programme and possible options for a pilot project.
