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Human resources and organisational structures : Viet Nam

A review has been undertaken to identify the numbers of staff (state personnel) with environmental and water resources responsibilities in key ministries, departments and local authorities in Viet Nam paid by the government budget. Although it was easy to define the number of personnel working in the central governmental institutions, it requires a comprehensive undertaking to obtain the corresponding number for the 61 provinces and cities accurately. Therefore, the staff numbers at the local level have been estimated. The review did not consider the level of equipment provided in agencies, staff qualification, training and competence. Tables 20 and 21 show a first cut at providing indicative institutional capacity indicators, using estimated data.

Table: Number of State Personnel with Water Resources Management Responsibilities (as of 2003)

Ministry/ Agencies	Department/Institutions	Staff # at central level	Staff # atlocal level
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE)	Department of Environment.	12	1100* (including District officers)
	Viet Nam Environmental Protection Agency.	55	1100* (including District officers)
	National Committee on Clean Water Supply & Sanitation.	10	100*
	Agency of Water Resources Management.	28	63
	National Center of Meteorology and Hydrology.	63	2000*
	National Water Resources Council.	5	0
	Agency of Geology and Minerals (mineral waters only).	100	1000*
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)	Water Resources Development Department.	85	852
	Office of Flood & Storm Prevent**	80	1000
	Center for Rural water supply and sanitation.	35	550*
	Forest protection Department (wetland related).	5	60*
	Forest Development Department (upstream catchment afforestation).	5	60*
Ministry of Fishery (MoF)	Department of aquatic resources protection.	30	980
Ministry of Fishery (MoF)	Department of fishing.	17	56*** (in 25provinces)
Ministry of Industry (MoI)	Electricity of Viet Nam (for hydropower only).	22	100*
Ministry of Construction	Department of Architecture and Infrastructure.	2	120*
Ministry of Transport (MoT)	Department of Viet Nam inland waterways transport.	110	4000*
Ministry of Transport (MoT)	Viet Nam maritime department.	85	1600

Source: Ministry of Home Affair and line Ministries. * Estimate; **An alliance organization; *** Only 25 provinces have fishery department

Table: Indicative Institutional capacity indicators of water resources management

Capacity	Indicators	Value
Water resources and water environment protection nationwide Total staff 14400 (as from Table 20) for 79 mill. people	Staff/ mill. people	182
Internal aquatic ecosystem protection MOF and MONRE/VEPA biodiversity staff (1065) with 2 mill. ha of internal land for aquatic resources	Staff/1000 km²	53
Sea and coastal ecosystem protection With 3,260 km of coastal length and 1 mill. km² of economic special-use zone	Staff /1000 km²	1
Surface water resources protection* With total area of Vietnamese territory/all catchments is about 300,000 km²	Staff/ 1000 km²	11
Ground water resources protection (MONRE: groundwater- related staff (209) from Agency of Geology and Minerals, clean water program, Dept of Environment, VEPA and local level, with the total number of regional monitoring station is 310	Staff/monitoring station	0.7
Marine protected areas (1050 staff for 59216 km²)	Staff/1000 km² MPA	18
Wetland protection (1429 staff from MARD-MOFish-MONRE/VEPA for 326453 ha)**	Staff/1000 km² wetland	440

Note: *Total of MONRE staff with responsibilities for state management of surface water resources, including staff at local level is about 3500.
** Staff from MARD (wetland related), MOFish and one forth of staff (at best estimate) of VEPA/ Department of Environment including local level

Source:Viet Nam Environment Monitor 2003 – Water.
http:/www.nea.gov.vn/English/state/VEM – 2003/Index.htm