(Baonghean.vn) - For nearly 3 months now, there has been no rain in Dong Van commune (Tan Ky). Hundreds of hectares of crops have dried up, and people's lives have been disrupted.
Dong Van is the most remote area of Tan Ky district. Coming to Dong Van commune, Tan Ky district on these extremely hot days is like a frying pan placed on a fire. The land is dry, dust flies everywhere, trees and crops are withered, streams and wells are dry.
As of June 10, the entire commune had lost 108 hectares of corn, peanuts, vegetables, more than 313 hectares of sugarcane, cassava, industrial crops and more than 7 hectares of spring-planted forests. More than 80% of the people's wells had dried up; the entire dam system in the commune had reached its dead point and could no longer irrigate.
There is no other solution but to wait for rain. If there is no heavy rain in the coming time, hundreds of hectares of rice fields will have to be left fallow.
Some pictures of the dry land of Dong Van:
 |
| The cornfields on the road to Tan Dien hamlet were burnt. |
 |
| The bean crop of Mrs. Tran Thi Hoa's family in Tan Dien hamlet was completely burnt and dried up. |
 |
| Hundreds of hectares of sugarcane in Dong Van are dry and burnt like this. |
 |
| Mr. Hoang Van Son's family lost 3 acres of spring-summer corn and had to cut it down to feed the buffalo and cows. |
 |
| Mr. Tran Ba Truong's family in Khe Chieng hamlet has 5 acres of cassava that can no longer be restored due to the scorching sun. |
 |
| Even the banana bushes were burned dry by the sun. |
 |
| The rare puddles in the ponds are just enough for buffaloes and cows to drink. |
 |
| It was so sunny that people had no choice but to tie their buffaloes under the shade of a big tree and wait for someone to bring them grass. |
 |
| Hundreds of hectares of crop land are at risk of being left fallow if there is no heavy rain by the end of June. |
 |
| Khe Chieng is the largest stream flowing through the commune and has dried up. |
Xuan Hoang
