Vietnam will need around 109 trillion VND (5.2 billion USD) betweennow and 2050 to improve irrigation systems in the northern centralregion to cope with the serious impacts of climate change and rising sealevels.
The General Department of Irrigation (GDI)said that the northern central region, including Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, HaTinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue provinces, are annuallydevastated by many storms, floods, droughts and the salinity of water,which damage or destroy hundreds of thousands of hectares ofagricultural land and cause a shortage of clean water on a major-scale.
These cause extreme difficulties for the local peopleand hinder the region’s socio-economic development, said thedepartment.
According to the Ministry of NaturalResources and Environment’s climate change scenario, by 2050, theimpacts of climate change and rising sea levels in the northern centralregion will affect 1 million people, cause water shortages for 81,000 haof agricultural land and submerge 170,000 ha.
Therefore, the GDI will use the money to build hundreds of projects toprevent natural disasters and foster economic development, includingwater supply networks for domestic and industrial purposes, irrigationalsystems as well as drainage and flood prevention projects.
It will also build a dam at Sa Lung to prevent the levels of salinityof the main tributary to the Ben Hai river in Quang Tri to provide waterfor 500 ha of rice paddies and regulate water supplies for low lyingareas.
A 23km sea dyke from Xuan Dan to Dong Ken inNghi Xuan district, Ha Tinh province, will also be built to preventexcess salinity and ensure drainage.
On the maintributary to the Ma river in Thanh Hoa province, four lakes, namely CuaDat, Hua Na, Trung Son and Pa Ma, will be built to control floods andreserve water for domestic and industrial use as well as ensure stablewater supplies for 90,000 ha of agricultural land.
Inaddition, the GDI will upgrade more than 980 irrigational works on theCa river system in Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces to provide water forover 331,000 ha of agricultural and aquaculture areas.
It also plans to build and upgrade another 135 projects on the Gianh and Nhat Le rivers in Quang Binh province./.
The General Department of Irrigation (GDI)said that the northern central region, including Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, HaTinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue provinces, are annuallydevastated by many storms, floods, droughts and the salinity of water,which damage or destroy hundreds of thousands of hectares ofagricultural land and cause a shortage of clean water on a major-scale.
These cause extreme difficulties for the local peopleand hinder the region’s socio-economic development, said thedepartment.
According to the Ministry of NaturalResources and Environment’s climate change scenario, by 2050, theimpacts of climate change and rising sea levels in the northern centralregion will affect 1 million people, cause water shortages for 81,000 haof agricultural land and submerge 170,000 ha.
Therefore, the GDI will use the money to build hundreds of projects toprevent natural disasters and foster economic development, includingwater supply networks for domestic and industrial purposes, irrigationalsystems as well as drainage and flood prevention projects.
It will also build a dam at Sa Lung to prevent the levels of salinityof the main tributary to the Ben Hai river in Quang Tri to provide waterfor 500 ha of rice paddies and regulate water supplies for low lyingareas.
A 23km sea dyke from Xuan Dan to Dong Ken inNghi Xuan district, Ha Tinh province, will also be built to preventexcess salinity and ensure drainage.
On the maintributary to the Ma river in Thanh Hoa province, four lakes, namely CuaDat, Hua Na, Trung Son and Pa Ma, will be built to control floods andreserve water for domestic and industrial use as well as ensure stablewater supplies for 90,000 ha of agricultural land.
Inaddition, the GDI will upgrade more than 980 irrigational works on theCa river system in Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces to provide water forover 331,000 ha of agricultural and aquaculture areas.
It also plans to build and upgrade another 135 projects on the Gianh and Nhat Le rivers in Quang Binh province./.
