Viewpoints and guidelines on water resource protection; gereneral and specific objectives aiming at the protection, efficient exploitation and sustainable development of the national water resources on the basis of integrated management of water resources in order to meet the demand for water for people, socio-economic development, defense and security maintenance and environmental protection in the period of accelerating national industrialization and modernization; To take the initiative in preventing, fighting and minimizing the harm caused to water and by water; To step by step form a diversified water sector suitable to the socialist-oriented market economy; To raise the efficiency of cooperation, ensuring the harmony of interests among water-sharing countries with Vietnam. Main tasks and solutions for the goals.

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