Vietnam to mark World Water Day

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A series of events will be held in Bắc Ninh Province this week to mark World Water Day 2017, said the Ministry of Environmental and Natural Resources.

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The highlights of the March 21 to 23 events include a national rally, a scientific conference on safe treatment and reuse of wastewater, and an exhibition of photos and wastewater treatment equipment.

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The March 22 water day aims to raise awareness of the need to reduce water pollution, reuse water, protect water sources and exploit them effectively, according to the Department of Water Resources Management under the ministry of environment.

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Ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all is one of the 17 sustainable development goals of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to which Việt Nam has expressed its commitments, according to the Việt Nam News Agency.

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Within the agenda, by 2030 everyone will have access to safe water resources and have their sanitation conditions improved by reducing the percentage of untreated wastewater and increasing reuse of safe water.

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Some 80 per cent of the world’s wastewater from social activities is released into the ecosystems without treatment and reuse.

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High-income nations treat some 70 per cent of their wastewater, but the rate only comes to 38 and 28 per cent for nations with above and below average incomes, respectively. Low-income nations treat only some 8 per cent of their wastewater.

Some 1.8 billion people in the world are using unsafe water resources and water with poor sanitation, of which 842,000 die per year..

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Phone data leads to arrest Bangkok Bomber

NOTHING TO CHANCE: More than 100 police and military officers were involved in the arrest. 

 News > Security Phone data leads to bomb arrest Ball bearings and bomb-building equipment found in suspect's room.

A police source close to the investigation said the arrest of the foreign man, who is believed to be Turkish, came after investigators spent more than a week sifting through every mobile phone call made within the vicinity of the shrine around the time of the bombing on Aug 17. 

He said officers managed to identify three Turkish phone numbers which had activated international roaming services and were in use near the blast site.
.Police apparently traced one of those phone numbers to the suspect apprehended yesterday. Around 100 police and soldiers moved in to make the arrest around 3pm at the Pool Anant apartment building in Nong Chok district, in the city’s eastern outskirts.
.A military source said the suspect held a Turkish passport by the name of Adem Karadag, 28, although the document was later found to be fake.
.A large quantity of bomb-making materials and equipment which allegedly belong to the suspect were seized from his rented room.

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