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Japanese-funded project to help Ben Tre manage water resources

The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre has launched a Japanese-funded water management project worth 266,170 USD.
Japanese-funded project to help Ben Tre manage water resources ảnh 1Illustrative image (Source: VNA)

Ben Tre (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of BenTre has launched a Japanese-funded water management project worth 266,170 USD.

Covering Chau Thanh, Binh Dai, Giong Trom, Mo Cay Bac, MoCay Nam districts and Ben Tre city, the project aims to protect and enhance theefficiency of water resources use, thus preventing salinity from affectingagricultural production and avoiding the over-exploitation of water in theMekong River upstream.

Eight drains and one pumping station will be built, alongwith a monitoring and censoring system.

The project will help deal with tide and sea level rise,while control salinity over 203,270 hectares of areas in the site, andproviding irrigation system to about 110,00 hectares of agricultural landacross Ben Tre province.

At the same time, it will also help improve the waterenvironment and form a waterway transport system in the region and strengthenthe management of surface water resources in the province.

Ground clearance work for the project is scheduled tocomplete in July 2020, so that all items of the projects can be finishedbetween 2022 and 2025.

Chairman of the Ben Tre People’s Committee Cao Van Trongsaid that once completed, the project is hoped to help the province control thewater resources and improve the local transport system./.
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