People's perspective

The following are results from a survey about water pollution. Out of the 45 people who did it, 75.6% are in early secondary school (grades 6–8), late secondary (grade 9), early high school (grade 10), late high school (grades 11–12), and the remaining 24.4% are adults.

In addition to this, 75.5%, or 33 people, only know general information or just a little about water pollution in Vietnam. While 4 people (9.1%) know it really well, 4 barely know it at all (9.1%), and 3 don’t know it at all (6.8%).

Ten out of 45 people had somewhat detailed answers, which means that they wrote their comments on the issue and provided one or more examples of why they think that way, and all of them said the problem is bad or severe. While 35 people wrote short replies, out of that 29 people said that water pollution in Vietnam is bad, three people said they think it's not too bad, and three replies had a somewhat positive view on the matter. In the replies, some have shared their experiences with water pollution, saying that it has caused diseases, occasional discomfort or sometimes annoyance, while others said that water pollution has yet to have a significant effect on their lives. The ratio of people in Vietnam who have been significantly affected by water pollution to those who have not is 11:20.

The people who replied have also suggested what should be done and by whom. There were 43 replies that we could put into the data. Out of the 43 replies, 11 people stated that the people should take the matter into their own hands, while 17 people believed that the government should be responsible. Additionally, there were 12 replies saying that both parties should be involved in alleviating water pollution in Vietnam. Also, there are 3 replies that said that they don’t know but think that this problem needs to be solved.