Decision No. 35/1999/QD-TTg ratifying the orientation for the development of urban drainage in Vietnam up to the year 2020. Country/Territory Viet Nam Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Drainage/land reclamation Sewerage Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge Policy/planning Geographical area Asia, South-Eastern Asia Abstract This Directive of the Prime Minister defines short-term and long-term objectives and principal measures of a twenty year drainage program for urban areas. Immediate objectives (up to the year 2005) include, as a priority, drainage of rain water, improvement and upgrading of the wastewater drainage system, to develop a model company for urban drainage, and to prepare long-term and sustainable development. Long-term objectives include providing each urban centre with its own drainage system, to in Full text English