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Kien Giang calls for investments in 55 projects to mitigate natural disasters

The southern province of Kien Giang is calling for investment in 55 projects meant to cope with climate change and prevent natural disasters and coastal and riverine erosion.
Kien Giang calls for investments in 55 projects to mitigate natural disasters ảnh 1Embankments built to create mud flats for growing mangrove forests in Kien Giang’s Hon Dat district. (Photo: VNA)
Kien Giang (VNA) - The southern province of Kien Giang is calling for investment in 55 projects meant to cope with climate change and prevent naturaldisasters and coastal and riverine erosion.

The newly approved projects include 14 in transportation, 15 in agriculture andirrigation, 20 in water supply, two in water drainage, three in wastewatertreatment, and one in solid waste treatment.

One of the transport projects will build a 3.1km road along the westerncoast of Phu Quoc island at a cost of 2.2 trillion VND (86 million USD).

Another is an erosion-prevention embankment along Vinh Thuan Yen beach in HaTien city.

The 6.3km dyke will cost 640 billion VND (27 million USD) and help cope withclimate change and seawater rise, beautify the city’s urban area and fostertourism.

Kien Giang has mobilised investment from various sources in recent years forprojects to cope with climate change and natural disasters, and they haveproven effective, helping improve people’s livelihoods and fostering socio-economicdevelopment, according to its People’s Committee.

It has built 37 irrigation sluices in the western sea dyke, and they arefunctioning effectively.

Another 18 sluices and freshwater reservoirs are being built on Phu Quoc and islands in KienHai district, and various saltwater prevention projects along the coast in RachGia city and Chau Thanh and Kien Luong districts.

The province has asked the Government for funding for three urgent projects required forcoping with climate change and preventing saltwater intrusion in rivers.

To cost a total of 2.85 trillion VND (122 million USD), they include asaltwater prevention project in the western sea in Kien Luong and Chau Thanhdistricts, construction of 16 sluices in An Bien and An Minh districts, andbuilding and upgrading water supply works in rural areas./.
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