Local authorities in the Mekong Delta plan to dredge rivers and canals
in the region to create more irrigation water for 300,000ha of newly
planted rice crops, which face saline-water intrusion and a water
shortage.
The Mekong
Delta province of Kien Giang expects to produce a record-high
amount of paddy this year, with an estimated 4.2 million tonnes, up
nearly 293,000 tonnes against last year.
Binh Dinh provincial People’s Committee and the Belgian Development
Agency started the construction of a water supply plant in Phu Cat
district, the central province of Binh Dinh on Feb. 24.
Insufficient
rainfall is likely to affect the winter-spring rice crops across the country,
the National Hydro and Meteorological Forecasting Centre said on Nov. 10.
