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Hanoi has created urban development plans for the banks of the Hong (Red) River, yet problems remain due to lack of flood and dyke planning.

Serious erosion has been spotted at many sections on the sea dykes along the western coast in the southernmost province of Ca Mau, posing threat to fields inside the dyke, said the province’s steering committee for natural disaster control and search and rescue on August 5.

The Tra Vinh Province People’s Committee has approved the construction of a sea embankment project worth 46 billion VND (nearly 2 million USD) to prevent coastal erosion along the Con Nhan beach.

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is speeding up a project to repair an eroded sea dyke that prevents saltwater erosion on its eastern coast.

The central province of Quang Nam has allocated a fund of 300 billion VND (13 million USD) to build an underwater dyke system protecting Cua Dai beach from erosion.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau has declared a status of emergency in the face of serious erosion along its eastern coast and riverbanks.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau is prompting actions in response to the serious erosion along the dyke system in its western sea area.

The Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control’s Office on August 6 reported that so far, Storm Wipha has claimed 10 lives and left 11 people missing, destroyed 91 houses and caused great property losses.

A working delegation of the Vietnam Disaster Management Authority will be sent to the southernmost province of Ca Mau to help the locality cope with erosion along the western part of its waters.

River and seaside erosion in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has become more serious in recent years and greatly affected local residents.

The appearance of a 15ha sandbank, 1.8km off the Cua Dai Beach since early this year offers a chance to research changing riverhead flows and sand sedimentation at lower lands, according to experts.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has called on Hau Giang province to make more efforts to become one of the leading localities in the Mekong Delta region in the next five years.

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is striving to conserve coastal protection forests that have been seriously eroded by sea encroachment triggered by climate change.

The People’s Committee of north central Thanh Hoa province has approved a 34.2 billion VND project (1.46 million USD) for repairs on the dyke system along Ma River, which has sustained serious damage after storms and flooding over recent years.

More than 2,060ha of rice in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta have been damaged due to recent floods, according to the Directorate of Water Resources under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Northern and north-central localities have taken measures to prepare themselves for super typhoon Mangkhut, which is forecast to bring heavy rains and whirlwind to the regions on September 17-18.

Amid the peak of the rainy season, dyke violations in Hanoi are set to rear their ugly head.

Farmers in Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces are struggling to fight floodwaters caused by heavy rains, rising tides and water released in the wake of a dam breach in Laos.

The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, the largest mango producer in the region with 9,200 hectares of mangos and a annual output of nearly 100,000 tonnes, is working to turn mango into a sustainable hard currency earner by 2020.

The General Department of Disaster Prevention and Control under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a training course on dyke protection techniques and flood prevention in the central coastal province of Nghe An on June 21.