VietNamNet Bridge – The slow progress of building and maintaining dykes has caused concerns, with the stormy and rainy season approaching, reported Ha Noi Moi (New Ha Noi) newspaper. Work of upgrading Chu Minh dam in Ba Vi District. — Photo hanoimoi.com.vn According to Nguyen Danh Hung, vice chairman of Minh Chau Commune in Hanoi’s Ba Vi District, the local government has prepared plans to cope with natural disasters this year. However, a major concern of the commune’s residents is that there have been no concrete measures to cope with land erosion alongside Hong (Red) River to ensure the safety of lives and properties of 35 households in the area. Besides, people in the district’s Thuan My, Co Do, Phu Cuong and Dong Quang communes are living in fear in the aftermath of several dyke-related accidents recently. According to Nguyen Dinh Dan, vice chairman of Ba Vi District, the main concerns stem from the erosion of dykes along the Red River and … [Read more...] about Slow dyke restoration causes concern during stormy season
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Experts concerned over sea dyke project
Experts concerned over sea dyke projectLe Anh A plan for building a major sea dyke project connecting Vung Tau City and Tien Giang Province’s Go Cong off the coast of HCMC - PHOTO: LE ANH HCMC – Experts have voiced concerns over a major sea dyke project connecting Vung Tau City and Tien Giang Province’s Go Cong off the coast of HCMC. At a seminar in HCMC last Friday on possible impacts of the dyke, experts said the project may leave great impact on water flow, water transport and Can Gio mangrove forest which is seen as the green lung of HCMC. Tran Huu Dung from the Vietnam Association of Ports-Waterways-Offshore Engineering said that water levels would fall after the sea dyke is built, making it difficult for big vessels to enter ports in HCMC. Another possible consequence is sediments would build up fast, sending the cost of waterway maintenance rising. According to Dung, if water levels recede by 0.5 meter a year, annual losses for the waterway transport … [Read more...] about Experts concerned over sea dyke project
Sea dyke project hoped to help Mekong Delta cope with climate change
Speaking at the workshop, Nguyen Duy Tuan, Director of the Institute of Geology, Water and Environment, said that responding to climate change, especially in the Mekong Delta, was a top national priority. “It’s vital to seek solutions and invest in new structures to prevent tides and saline intrusion. We also need to store fresh water and respond to rising sea levels in the Mekong Delta, as well as cope with flooding in HCM City,” he said. The Vung Tau-Go Cong sea dyke project, which was proposed in 2011 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, would include a 28km-long main dyke extending from Go Cong Commune (Tien Giang province) to a point 5 km from Vung Tau City (Ba Ria-Vung Tau province), where it would connect with another dyke 13km long running to Can Gio Biosphere Reserve in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo for illustration. Source: dmhcc.gov.vn The project would also include construction of the Long Tau sluice, and canals North of the … [Read more...] about Sea dyke project hoped to help Mekong Delta cope with climate change
Fear haunts residents behind eroded dyke in southern Vietnam
A number of inhabitants in a southern Vietnamese region have been living in constant worry about personal safety and homelessness as the dyke stretching before their houses has been destroyed or stands to break in the increasing absence of trees protecting it from sea waves. Nearly 50 families in Go Cong Dong District, Tien Giang Province, have been beset by the destruction of a 1.5-kilometer-long strip of embankment caused by sea waves several years ago. Many residents moved to a better place after the event, but others are still staying in the land along the dyke since they have no spot for the relocation. They have built makeshift rickety houses which can be damaged by the sea at any time. Another portion of the embankment in Go Cong Dong is prone to break since its protection forest, meant to prevent erosion effects, has disappeared, leaving the wall bare to sea waves. Part of the protection forest in Go Cong Dong District, Tien Giang Province, southern Vietnam, has … [Read more...] about Fear haunts residents behind eroded dyke in southern Vietnam
Ministry mulls long dyke project to fight flooding in south
Ministry mulls long dyke project to fight flooding in southBy Van Nam - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – The agriculture ministry is working with HCMC and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province over an ambitious project to build a dyke along the coastline from Vung Tau to Go Cong in Tien Giang Province to fight flooding in southern localities, said a ministerial leader. Deputy Minister of Agriculture Dao Xuan Hoc told the Daily on Thursday after a meeting with the HCMC government on this project that this 32-kilometer dyke would require an estimated initial cost of VND30 trillion, or over US$1.5 billion. He said the dyke would help regulate floodwater caused by high rainfall as well as prevent these localities from negative impacts of higher floodtides due to climate change. Furthermore, the dyke will also help create more convenient traffic connection for the whole region including Vung Tau, HCMC, Tien Giang and others, he said. Hoc said that at the meeting on Thursday, the city government had … [Read more...] about Ministry mulls long dyke project to fight flooding in south
Illegal sand mining damages Hanoi’s dyke
Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Nightafter night, thousands of cubic metres of sand and gravel have been illegallymined from a portion of the Cau River, causing erosion and affecting the dykesystem for 200ha of agricultural land, online newspaper phapluatplus.vn reported.The paper’s reporterswitnessed the illegal mining at the section of Cau River that passes Coc Luongvillage of Tan Hung commune in Soc Son district. Boats and barges operated undercover of darkness from 8 p.m. until early the next morning.People on boats and bargesdug up sand and gravel close to the foot of the dyke, the newspaper reported.High-capacity sand sucking equipment operated regularly. At night, a barge tookaway hundreds of blocks of sand and grave.Most of the illegal sandmining boats were here for “yellow” sand and gravel, a natural resource thatcurrently fetches a high price.With such big benefits,more and more illegal sand miners appeared and employed … [Read more...] about Illegal sand mining damages Hanoi’s dyke
Broken water pipe affects thousands in Bình Định
Nguyễn Thanh Hoàng, head of the local management board for clean water and environmental sanitation, said the unit has not yet been able to deal with the break in a section of the clean water pipe crossing Đá Vàng dyke in Phước Nghĩa Commune’s Huỳnh Mai Village because it remained submerged in flood water as of yesterday morning."It will take at least five days to fix the pipe after the flood water has receded," Hoàng said.Earlier, last Tuesday, strong flood waters from upstream and uprooted trees caused the water pipeline to break. The incident resulted in 80 households living in Phước Nghĩa Commune and 3.700 in Phước Thuận Commune losing their supply of clean water for daily use, Dân trí e-newpaper reported.Without water, residents are forced to temporarily use well water. However, this water source is not safe because it is contaminated with alum and flood water. Local … [Read more...] about Broken water pipe affects thousands in Bình Định
Illegal sand mining damaging Hanoi dyke
VietNamNet Bridge – Night after night, thousands of cubic metres of sand and gravel have been illegally mined from a portion of the Cau River, causing erosion and affecting the dyke system for 200ha of agricultural land, online newspaper phapluatplus.vn reports.The paper’s reporters witnessed the illegal mining at the section of Cau River that passes Coc Luong Village of Tan Hung Commune in Soc Son District. Boats and barges operated under cover of darkness from 8 p.m. until early the next morning.People on boats and barges dug up sand and gravel close to the foot of the dyke, the newspaper reported. High-capacity sand sucking equipment operated regularly. At night, a barge took away hundreds of blocks of sand and grave.Most of the illegal sand mining boats were here for “yellow” sand and gravel, a natural resource that currently fetches a high price.With such big benefits, more and more illegal sand miners appeared and employed tricks to evade the oversight of … [Read more...] about Illegal sand mining damaging Hanoi dyke
Duyen Hai power center seaport project kicks off
Duyen Hai power center seaport project kicks offVan Nam By Van Nam - The Saigon Times daily HCMC – The seaport of the Duyen Hai power center that started construction on Sunday will receive 12 million tons of coal and 100,000 tons of oil annually for the three thermo-power plants in the area, Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) as project owner said. The seaport will be completed and operational at the end of 2015 to serve the supply of coal and oil for the three Duyen Hai thermo-power plants in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh designed with a combined capacity of 4,400 MW. EVN started work on the Duyen Hai 3 thermo-power plant in December and the group also kicked off construction of the Duyen Hai 1 thermo-power plant in September, 2010. The three thermo-power plants will provide some 25 billion kWh of electricity a year, which is expected to help ensure stable power supply for southern provinces in the near future. The seaport, covering a total 427 hectares, is developed in … [Read more...] about Duyen Hai power center seaport project kicks off
Illegal sand mining damaging HN dyke
The paper’s reporters witnessed the illegal mining at the section of Cầu River that passes Cốc Lương Village of Tân Hưng Commune in Sóc Sơn District. Boats and barges operated under cover of darkness from 8 p.m. until early the next morning.People on boats and barges dug up sand and gravel close to the foot of the dyke, the newspaper reported. High-capacity sand sucking equipment operated regularly. At night, a barge took away hundreds of blocks of sand and grave.Most of the illegal sand mining boats were here for “yellow” sand and gravel, a natural resource that currently fetches a high price.With such big benefits, more and more illegal sand miners appeared and employed tricks to evade the oversight of local authorities.Nguyễn Văn Thu, Tân Hưng Commune Party’s Committee secretary, said owners of illegal sand mining boats were people … [Read more...] about Illegal sand mining damaging HN dyke