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Mekong Delta province faces severe water shortage The Mekong Delta province of Long An, which has been hit by severe drought this year, needs more fresh water, but can only supply about 50 percent of demand from its 35 fresh water treatment plants and stations. … [Read more...] about Vietnam effectively curbs impacts of drought, saline intrusion in Mekong Delta

On January 22, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued Directive 04/CT-TTg on the implementation of solutions to drought, water scarcity and saltwater intrusion. Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung recently also chaired a conference in Ben Tre province to seek ways to cope with drought and seawater invasion so as to ensure agricultural production and people’s lives in the region during the 2019 – 2020 dry season. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has coordinated with localities to speed up anti-saline encroachment projects. Some of them have been put into temporary operation, including the Au Ninh Quoi sluice, the Xuan Hoa pumping station, the Nam Mang Thit irrigation system, 18 salinity control sluices in the first phase of the Bac Ben Tre project, and the May Phop – Nga Hau canal dredging project. Those facilities have directly controlled saltwater intrusion for about 83,000ha of land and helped mitigate its impact on another 300,000ha. In the … [Read more...] about Saltwater intrusion in Mekong Delta projected to increase

Of course for the Mekong Delta region, we should divide the region into different sub-regions to control them. For the problem of land subsidence and saltwater intrusion, we need to adopt specific measures for some seven provinces, but not Dong Thap Province or Ho Chi Minh City as they have not yet been seriously affected. … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta adapts to saline intrusion

Vietnam's Mekong Delta needs urgent measures to prevent drought, saline-intrusion Immediate measures and long-term plans should be implemented quickly to help provinces in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta cope with drought and saline intrusion, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh has said. … [Read more...] about Farmers in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta adapt to low flood levels

He said that thanks to what had been done to fight drought and salinity intrusion in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam could learn good lessons for dealing with the extreme weather in the future. Cuong applauded the timely forecasting of salinity intrusion that helped agencies and farmers restructure agricultural production to match available water volume. The Government, ministries and agencies effectively instructed localities and agencies to develop plans to tackle drought, saltwater intrusion and water shortages. “This year, we identified challenges posed by droughts and saltwater intrusion to the Mekong Delta early,” Cuong said, adding that as soon as September 2019, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with leaders of 13 Mekong Delta localities to discuss the issue. The minister recalled the saline intrusion in 2016 which was described as the worst in the region in 100 years which offered both authorities and people experiences to better deal with this year’s … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta effectively curbs impacts of drought, saline intrusion