Illustrative image (Source: VNA) LongAn (VNA) – The summer-autumn rice crop in the Mekong Delta provinceof Long An is estimated to give a record yield of more than 1 million tonnesthis year.
Farmersin Dong Thap Muoi (Plain of Reeds) in the province have so far harvested morethan 90 percent of the summer-autumn rice crop out of the total 224,000 ha.
Directorof the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Van Hoangsaid only over 100ha of the summer-autumn crop was lost due to flooding thisyear.
Theprovincial authorities asked for the State funding worth 20 billion VND toupgrade dykes and protect more than 200,000ha of rice in Dong Thap Muoi, andadditional 3 billion VND (130,000 USD) to repair pumping stations in Tan Hung,Vinh Hung and Kien Tuong townships.
Theprovince has also paid attention to flooding control and building transportroutes to prevent floods and serve Dong Thap Muoi tourism.
Dong Thap Muoi is set to focus on intensive foodfarming, aquaculture, forestry, ecological tourism and border economy.-VNA
Farmersin Dong Thap Muoi (Plain of Reeds) in the province have so far harvested morethan 90 percent of the summer-autumn rice crop out of the total 224,000 ha.
Directorof the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Van Hoangsaid only over 100ha of the summer-autumn crop was lost due to flooding thisyear.
Theprovincial authorities asked for the State funding worth 20 billion VND toupgrade dykes and protect more than 200,000ha of rice in Dong Thap Muoi, andadditional 3 billion VND (130,000 USD) to repair pumping stations in Tan Hung,Vinh Hung and Kien Tuong townships.
Theprovince has also paid attention to flooding control and building transportroutes to prevent floods and serve Dong Thap Muoi tourism.
Dong Thap Muoi is set to focus on intensive foodfarming, aquaculture, forestry, ecological tourism and border economy.-VNA
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