State President Truong Tan Sang toured central coastal Khanh Hoaprovince on July 11 to examine impacts of water shortages in thelocality over the past few months.
PresidentSang made a field trip to the Cam Ranh reservoir in Cam Lam district,capable of supplying 22 million cubic metres of water to about 5,000people in the district and northern Cam Ranh peninsula.
Blistering heat waves have nearly dried up the reservoir, which nowonly contains 1.5 million cubic metres or 5 percent of its capacity.
According to the provincial Department ofAgriculture and Rural Development, many other local reservoirs aresuffering the similar situation; some even have water levels below the“dead” threshold.
The State leader urgedprovincial authorities to properly manage water reserves and undertakevarious measures to ensure sufficient water supply for daily life andproduction.
He recommended the province switchto other crops and animals more suitable to the severe condition andcall for foreign investment in large reservoir projects to help resolvewater shortages in the long-term.
The same day,State President Truong Tan Sang visited Nguyen Ngoc Duc and his family,who successfully shifted from low-yield mango trees to high-yieldAustralian mango production in Cam Hiep Bac commune, Cam Lam district.
He earned about 600 million VND (27,520 USD) from two hectares of mango trees last season.
Also the day, the State President inspected the construction of the Gac Ma memorial statue in Cam Ranh City.
He hailed the symbolic meaning of the project dedicated to 64 navalsoldiers killed in a battle to defend Gac Ma Island in the Truong Sa(Spratly) archipelago 27 years ago.-VNA
PresidentSang made a field trip to the Cam Ranh reservoir in Cam Lam district,capable of supplying 22 million cubic metres of water to about 5,000people in the district and northern Cam Ranh peninsula.
Blistering heat waves have nearly dried up the reservoir, which nowonly contains 1.5 million cubic metres or 5 percent of its capacity.
According to the provincial Department ofAgriculture and Rural Development, many other local reservoirs aresuffering the similar situation; some even have water levels below the“dead” threshold.
The State leader urgedprovincial authorities to properly manage water reserves and undertakevarious measures to ensure sufficient water supply for daily life andproduction.
He recommended the province switchto other crops and animals more suitable to the severe condition andcall for foreign investment in large reservoir projects to help resolvewater shortages in the long-term.
The same day,State President Truong Tan Sang visited Nguyen Ngoc Duc and his family,who successfully shifted from low-yield mango trees to high-yieldAustralian mango production in Cam Hiep Bac commune, Cam Lam district.
He earned about 600 million VND (27,520 USD) from two hectares of mango trees last season.
Also the day, the State President inspected the construction of the Gac Ma memorial statue in Cam Ranh City.
He hailed the symbolic meaning of the project dedicated to 64 navalsoldiers killed in a battle to defend Gac Ma Island in the Truong Sa(Spratly) archipelago 27 years ago.-VNA
