Binh Duong Province's Water Environment Improvement Project

About this project

Located in Viet Nam's Southern Key Economic Region (SKER), Binh Duong province is highly industrialized and urbanized. In 2018, the GDP of Binh Duong province increased by about 9 percent, with average GDP per capita reaching VND 130.8 million (approx. US$ 5,640) per person. It is close to the economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and home to several important industries. The annual budget revenue of the province is the fourth largest in the country, which has increased by 10 percent just from 2017 to 2018. As of 2019, Binh Duong Province was home to 2.4 million people, and is the seventh largest populated province in Vietnam, with one of the fastest growing populations. The province is an employment hub attracting migrant workers, resulting in the highest positive net migration rate within the country (20.04 percent). Overall, 79.87 percent of Binh Duong's population lives in urban areas, more than double the national average of 31.3 percent. Urbanization has grown 41.4 percent in the 2014-2018 period compared to a national urban growth rate of 9.8 percent. But the province faces adverse impacts associated with inadequate wastewater management, which is placing hard-earned development gains at risk. Wastewater generation has increased substantially in Binh Duong province, but treatment capacity remains inadequate. In the urbanized areas of southern Binh Duong province the existing treatment capacity is only 40 percent of the current needs. Drainage is also inadequate in s…

Published by

World Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Vietnam

Sectors

Sanitation - large systemsWaste management/disposalMulti-hazard response preparedness

Places

Hanoi

Funded by

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Implemented by

Binh Duong Provincial Peoples' Committee respresented by Management Board for Wastewater Projects

Accountable

Socialist Republic of Viet Nam

Passes funds through

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Published by World Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 3 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 44000-P173716.

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