After many years of dwindling floods, the flood season this year brings an abundance of water to downstream rice fields in Vi Thanh 1, Vi Thuy, Tan Hoa, Vinh Vien communes, and many other communes in Can Tho city. The flood water brings nourishing sediments, replenishes fish and shrimp, creating a prosperous season of harvest for local people.
Upstream border communes of the southern province of Dong Thap, including Thuong Phuoc, are now entering the flood season, locally known as the floating water season. Making use of this unique feature, the Farmers’ Association and Women’s Union of Thuong Phuoc commune, in collaboration with the management board of Giong Bang hamlet, have launched a tour to experience flood season. The model has initially created a positive effect, attracting many visitors, promoting the local image and helping residents increase their income.
Muong Lay, the smallest town in Vietnam located in Dien Bien province, rests peacefully beside the Son La Hydropower Reservoir. Each year, the reservoir's water rises for six months, from October to March, transforming the landscape.
Muong Lay, the smallest town in Vietnam, nestles besides the Son La hydropower reservoir on Da river in the northwestern province of Dien Bien. Each year, the water levels on the reservoir rise for around six months. Taking advantage of this seasonal change, Muong Lay has offered boat tours to Tua Chua district in Dien Bien and Nam Nhun district in neighbouring Lai Chau province.
The flood season in the Mekong Delta has set in, helping farmers in upstream localities of Dong Thap province enjoy an abundant harvest of freshwater crabs using bamboo nets.
Farmers in the Mekong Delta’s upstream areas are waiting for the flood season, which brings sediment to rice fields and other areas of aquatic resources.
This year’s flood season in the Mekong Delta is likely to arrive late and if there is insufficient rain in the months to come, drought and saltwater intrusion may plague the region again during the next dry season, experts have said.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the People’s Committee of the central province of Nghe An jointly held a conference on July 22 on strengthening the measures responding to drought, saline water and natural disasters in the north-central region.
Pham Van Mang, Chairman of Ba Trang Commune’s People’s Committee in the central province of Quang Ngai, remembers the radiant faces and smiles of local people when a new bridge spanning the Tha Stream was opened thanks to the Central Highlands Poverty Reduction Project.
The Hoa Binh hydro power plant expansion project is expected to start in the second quarter of 2020 and be completed in 2023, according to Vietnam Electricity (EVN).
Three to four storms are forecast to directly affect Vietnam’s mainland, mostly in the central and southern regions, from now to the end of this year, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Metrological Forecasting.
Hanoi’s Department of Health has sent a document to medical stations and drugstores in the capital city to ensure they have enough medicine to prevent and treat dengue fever.
A project to build 2,174 bridges to replace temporary bridges in 50 provinces and cities has progressed more quickly than expected, said Nguyen Van Huyen, Director of the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam.
A ceremony was held in the northwestern province of Hoa Binh on June 3 to launch the campaign on preventing disasters related to water for children and students during the flood season.
A short documentary on how to unleash the potential of sustainable tourism of Quang Nam province’s Thu Bon river after the historic flood in 2000 has brought a special prize to two secondary school students in the “School Ambassador in Disaster Prevention and Climate Change Adaptation” Competition 2019.
Residents in the Mekong Delta are witnessing the 2018 flood season with complicated developments. Early floods and high water level have made impacts on local residents’ production and lives.
Long Hau commune in Lai Vung district in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap is famous for building boats. Local boat makers, however, are struggling to preserve the traditional livelihood.
Many farmers who depended on catching fish and other aquatic creatures Mekong Delta have switched to other jobs since the delta has not seen major flooding in recent years.
