Due to impacts of low pressure troughs, the ongoing downpours have swollen major rivers in the Central region causing floods seperate many parts in the region for the last two days.
The Mekong Delta Province of Ca Mai said that the administration has approved VND15 billion (US$639,094) to support Tran Van Thoi District’s subsidence and erosion fixing, the office of the provincial People’s Committee announced yesterday.
The People’s Committee of the southernmost province of Ca Mau has asked the Government for VND1.4 trillion (US$ 60.2 million) to relocate families living in natural disaster-prone areas to new residential areas built in 2016-2025.
River erosion and high tide have made great impact on dwellers’ lives and production; accordingly, Ho Chi Minh City authorities have drawn up embankment construction projects to regulate water level and drainage. However, many of them are on paper.
People’s Committee in the northern province of Thanh Hoa yesterday approved to allocate VND65 billion ($2.7 million) for mandatory evacuation and resettlement for residents in Muong Lat District which were at risk of erosion and flash flood.
In its written document, the People’s Committee in the highlands province of Lam Dong has directed relevant agencies to stop sand exploitation in the Dong Nai River from January 1.
People’s Committee in the Mekong delta province of Ca Mau has delivered a petition to provide aid for resettlement of 356 households along river that are vulnerable to erosion.
It is estimated that the total losses from landslides in the Mekong delta province of An Giang is VND90 billion ($3.9 million), said the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development this morning.
A severe landslide occurred in Ho Chi Minh City’s Nha Be District at 0:30 AM on June 27, sweeping five houses into Rach Giong –Kinh Lo canal in Hiep Phuoc Ward.
Numerous islanders in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta have lost their lives, relatives, houses, land and other belongings because of rampant soil erosion that has caused many islands to disappear and difficulties for authorities in Mekong delta provinces in relocation for residents in erosion-plagued villages
