This report details findings from research on the poverty dynamics of water and sanitation
services and climate vulnerability in the city of Can Tho, Vietnam. The research forms part
of the CSIRO-AusAID Research for Development Alliance study: Climate Adaptation
through Sustainable Urban Development, Can Tho Case Study. Findings presented in this
report were drawn from Vietnamese government data, the results of a survey of 1,200
households undertaken by Can Tho University in 2011 (as part of the wider study), and a
qualitative empirical study comprising 23 interviews with low income households in O Mon
and Thot Not districts. Insights from the research are presented in this report including an
analysis of the scale and nature of poverty in Can Tho, a discussion of poor households‟
access to infrastructure and water related behaviour, and an exploration of social
vulnerability.