- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Water utilities
- Address
- Ha Noi Vietnam
- IPO Date
- Jan 6, 2017
- Business
- Vietnam Water Sanitation and Environment Joint Stock Co (VIWASE) is a Vietnam-based engineering consultancy and technical infrastructure enterprise providing specialized solutions in water supply, wastewater management, environmental sanitation, and municipal engineering. Tracing its origins to 1954 and officially founded in 1969 as the Hanoi City Technical Work Design Institute under the Ministry of Construction before privatizing in 2006, the company is headquartered in Hanoi, Vietnam, and operates regional branches in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang. VIWASE is an affiliate of Vietnam National Construction Consultants Corporation (VNCC), which serves as its primary institutional shareholder, and trades on the UPCoM exchange under the ticker VWS. The company offers a comprehensive range of technical and engineering services, structured into core practice areas: engineering design and master planning, including urban drainage master plans, topographic, geological, and hydrological surveys, feasibility studies, and detailed technical designs; project management and construction supervision, encompassing contract administration, quality control, procurement advisory, and installation oversight for municipal and industrial waterworks; environmental consultancy, covering environmental and social impact assessments (ESIA), environmental monitoring, and climate change adaptation consulting; turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracting for water and wastewater treatment facilities; and technology transfer and equipment manufacturing, involving the research, development, assembly, and distribution of specialized water filtration, purification, and sanitation machinery. VIWASE serves municipal authorities, state utilities, industrial park developers, and international development finance institutions such as the World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), and KfW. In recent company developments, VIWASE executed major corporate governance actions including the election and appointment of its Board of Directors and Executive Leadership for the 2026–2031 tenure, approved the engagement of external audit services for the 2026 financial year, streamlined capital management policies across enterprise holdings, completed scheduled cash dividend distributions, and resolved administrative tax compliance assessments while continuing to expand technical advisory mandates across multilateral-funded urban resilience and sanitation projects throughout Vietnam.