A drought has affected nearly 50,000 ha of
crops across Viet Nam, says Dang Duy Hien of the country's General Department
of Irrigation under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Low
water levels of rivers have caused a water shortage for irrigation in the
central provinces. In the central-northern provinces, the average river water
level is sufficient at 2-2.5m. However the irrigation channels across Bac Ninh,
Hung Yen and Hai Duong provinces are flowing slow because of construction work
on the Bac Hung Hai irrigation and drainage system. Saline intrusions to the
water and soil of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces of Soc Trang, Bac Lieu
and Ca Mau have forced farmers to stop pumping water.
To
prevent people from having to buy water at exorbitant prices from private water
providers, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has urged local
authorities to operate their water pumping stations at full capacity or to
provide water-tanks for people in remote, downstream areas during the dry
season. For areas of high salinity, local authorities need to fix salt
prevention sluice gates to prevent saline saturation of the fields, the
ministry said.
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