Australia adds 950,000 AUD to expand flood control system
The Australian government has provided
an additional 950,000 AUD to the Mekong Delta province of An Giang to
help implement its flood control project in the Bac Vam Nao region
through November 2010.
The Australian government has provided
an additional 950,000 AUD to the Mekong Delta province of An Giang to
help implement its flood control project in the Bac Vam Nao region
through November 2010.
The assistance is expected to help expand the system of dykes with spillway dams, which are designed to let the flood waters out and receive irrigation for crops, to surround and protect 100 percent of the area of Bac Vam Nao region, or 24,000 hectares by 2010.
When the project was first put into operation in 2007, only 52 percent of the cultivated area, or 12,607 hectares, was fitted with dykes.
The project, kicked off in 2002 and put into operation in September 2007, received 37.9 million AUD from the Australian government.
It has improved the life of 240,000 local people by providing better control of floods and regulations of water levels afterward, meeting the demands of both production and river transportation.
The project has also earmarked 1 million AUD to the endeavour to help reduce poverty and develop small and medium-sized enterprises in the region./.
The assistance is expected to help expand the system of dykes with spillway dams, which are designed to let the flood waters out and receive irrigation for crops, to surround and protect 100 percent of the area of Bac Vam Nao region, or 24,000 hectares by 2010.
When the project was first put into operation in 2007, only 52 percent of the cultivated area, or 12,607 hectares, was fitted with dykes.
The project, kicked off in 2002 and put into operation in September 2007, received 37.9 million AUD from the Australian government.
It has improved the life of 240,000 local people by providing better control of floods and regulations of water levels afterward, meeting the demands of both production and river transportation.
The project has also earmarked 1 million AUD to the endeavour to help reduce poverty and develop small and medium-sized enterprises in the region./.
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