For many years, water resources management in Vietnam was concentrated on activities ensuring the available freshwater … for agricultural production, including flood control. With the increase of water demands and the emergence of new water … economic transition process, the water sector has undergone a series of reforms, including various attempts to integrate …

. It comprises a large-scale irrigation system which conveys water from the river Amudarya to agricultural land cropped … mainly with cotton, wheat, and rice. Khorezm's water resources are vulnerable because they depend on upstream developments … and are indispensable for rural livelihoods and state budgets. Since water scarcity is expected to increase in the future …

and ensuring the nation's food security. The government has undertaken considerable investments in irrigation and water … control to boost local rice production, especially in the Mekong Delta. Today, a large water bureaucracy plans, implements and … context, water user groups started to emerge from the 1990s onwards. This study on the trajectory of group development in Can …