Viet Nam, Flooding in Southern Vietnam
Nov 02, 2018 09:27
Sep 27, 2026 15:17
Location
Coordinate:
10.642422, 105.42052
Administrative:
Đồng Tháp, Viet Nam
Affected Area:
Đồng Tháp, An Giang, Kiên Giang, Long An
Hazard
Main : Flood- Inundated Area (km) = fill value here
- Maximum Flood Depth (cm) = fill value here
Description
HCM CITY — The annual flooding in the Mekong Delta has damaged more than 2,000ha of rice this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Directorate of Water Resources. More than 1,270ha of the crop in An Giang Province, 316ha in Kiên Giang and 182ha in Đồng Tháp were totally destroyed while 265ha in Đồng Tháp and 24ha in Long An were damaged. Most of the destroyed and damaged fields are in areas without embankments while the rest were damaged because their embankments were broken or too low. High tides too have been affecting agricultural production in the region, especially in Bến Tre and Sóc Trăng provinces and Cần Thơ City. Nguyễn Văn Tâm, director of the Kiên Giang Province Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that in order to cope with the flooding, delta provinces and Cần Thơ have plans in place this year to prevent damages before and during the season. They have consolidated embankments in many places to protect the summer-autumn and autumn-winter rice crops, he said. Local authorities have stepped up dissemination of information about the flood situation to help farmers keep losses to the minimum. They have helped farmers harvest the summer-autumn rice crop early in places where embankments are weak or low to avoid losses due to floods. The flooding caused by the rising levels in the Mekong River during the rainy season is declining now and will not have cause further damage to agricultural production, according to the directorate. However, in the remaining months of the year, high tides would increase the water level in rice fields along rivers in the delta’s central and coastal areas and cause inundation, it warned. The directorate has told the delta’s provinces and Cần Thơ to carefully monitor tides next month. They should regularly inspect and strengthen embankments in areas where the water level is high to avoid damage to crops, it said. — VNS
Impact Statistic
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Dead
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Missing
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Injured
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Affected Person
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Displaced
Human SADDD
- Dead -
- Missing -
- Injured -
- Affected Person -
- Affected Family -
- Internaly Displaced People -
- Refugees 0
- Evacuation Center (in Country) -
- Evacuation Center (out Of Country) 0
House
- Affected Houses 0
- Damage Partial 0
- Totally Damage -
Infrastructure
- Bridges 0
- Number of Roads 0
- Road Distance (km) 0.00
Public
- Schools -
- Health -
- Government Office / Public Facilities 0
- Settlements 0
- Worship Places 0
- Others 0
General
Cost
- Local Currency 0.00
- Cost of Damages 0.00
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- Cost of Assistance 0.00
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Agricultural
- Rice Field 2,000.00
- Other Crops 0.00
- Fish Ponds 0
- Cattle 0
- Poultries 0
- Livestock 0
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