Nearly
30,000 households from the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta's An Giang Province
(southwest of Viet Nam) have been evacuated to flood-proof residential
clusters.
The province recently finished the
construction of 203 flood-proof residential clusters covering over 830ha.
The clusters take the form of miniature urban
areas, and include markets, schools and medical centres.
As scheduled, delta provinces will finish
evacuating around 200,000 households from low-lying areas along Dong Thap Muoi
and Tu Giac Long Xuyen to flood-proof residential clusters.
More than 1,000 flood-proof residential
clusters were built in the delta as part of a national programme from 2001-07.
Dao Thi Luyen, a resident from a flood-hit
area in the delta's Long An Province, said: "Thanks to this timely intervention,
my family and my 200 chickens are safe from the floods."
Localities in the delta have also continued to
strengthen dykes to protect rice and other crops.
Statistics from the National Steering
Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control showed that 11 people had
died during the current floods in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta.
Meanwhile, storm Nalgae, the sixth so far this
year, weakened to a tropical depression before making landfall, but still
brought with it widespread rain.
National Hydro-meteorological Forecasting
Centre Deputy Director Le Thanh Hai said: "There are no more storms
forecast, at least until the end of this week."
News Desk
Viet Nam News
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