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Water 2010, 2, 711-725; doi:10.3390/w2040711 OPEN ACCESS water ISSN 2073-4441 /journal/water Article Planning and Decision Support Tools for the Integrated Water Resources Management in Vietnam Christian Jolk *, Sandra Greassidis, Sylvia Jaschinski, Harro Stolpe and Björn Zindler Environmental Engineering + Ecology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Universitätsstr 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany; E-Mails: sandra.greassidis@rub.de (S.G.); sylvia.jaschinski@rub.de (S.J.); harro.stolpe@rub.de (H.S.); bjoern.zindler@rub.de (B.Z.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: christian.jolk@rub.de; Tel.: +49-(0) 234-32-28770; Fax: +49-(0) 234-32-14701. Received: 2 August 2010; in revised form: 3 September 2010 / Accepted: 15 September 2010 / Published: 28 September 2010 Abstract: Within the German-Vietnamese joint research project ―Integrated Water Resources Management Vietnam‖, Planning and Decision Support Tools on a regional scale are being developed. A Water Balance Tool is utilized to calculate and assess water demands and compares these with the quantity of water resources to identify surpluses or deficits. The sensitivity of water resources and the contamination potential are combined to display water quality aspects within a Contamination Risk Tool. A resulting evaluation is carried out with a Ranking Tool. It identifies areas with high priority need for action. The Planning and Decision Support Tools are being