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Provinces in the Central Highlands region face the risk of reservoirs bursting since hundreds of them are damaged or degraded.

The northern port city of Hai Phong is urgently working on clean water reservoirs in Cat Hai island district to combat waster shortage.

The central coastal city of Da Nang is deploying a number of measures to ensure adequate water for agricultural production in 2017 as prolonged hot weather likely causes droughts.

The south central coastal province of Binh Thuan has proposed the Government allocate investment to build two reservoirs in its island district of Phu Quy to ensure water supply for the daily life and production and provide fishery services.

The Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control must continuously direct ministries, sectors and localities to implement measures to cope with drought and salinity.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc directed the south-central region and Central Highlands to take drastic measures to prevent drought.

A number of irrigation facilities in the Central Highland provinces have run out of water, though the dry season has just begun.