Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong inspected the flood situation in Yen Thanh, Hung Nguyen

(Baonghean) -On the afternoon of September 13, Mr. Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee inspected the damage caused by floods in Yen Thanh and Hung Nguyen districts. Accompanying him were leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the provincial Irrigation Department, the provincial Dyke and Flood Control Department.

In Hung Nguyen, 1,066 hectares of rice in the communes of Hung Loi, Hung Thinh, Hung Dao, Hung Yen, Hung Trung, and Thi Tran were flooded. These areas of rice are in the green stage and are basically considered a total loss. The communes with the largest flooded areas are Hung Trung with 300 hectares, Hung Yen Nam with 110 hectares, Hung Yen Bac with 90 hectares, and Hung Dao with 100 hectares.

Check drainage situation at Ben Thuy bar.


Nghi Loc farmers rush to harvest rice to escape the flood.



Harvesting rice to escape floods in Long Thanh (Yen Thanh).

Yen Thanh district has more than 1,500 ha/13,400 ha of summer-autumn rice flooded, mainly in communes in the drainage area of ​​Vach Bac canal such as Hau Thanh, Lang Thanh, Ma Thanh, Duc Thanh, Phuc Thanh.

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee has directed localities to urgently harvest the ripe rice fields, with the policy of "green house is better than ripe field", and at the same time organize dredging of canals, clearing drainage channels. Special attention should be paid to disease prevention in livestock after flooding.

Phu Huong