Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested urgent support for Nghe An to fight drought.
The Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries, branches and localities to focus on directing and urgently deploying response measures and supporting people in Nghe An and Thanh Hoa provinces to prevent and combat drought.
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The Government Office has just issued Official Dispatch No. 5890/VPCP-NN stating the Prime Minister's direction on responding to and supporting drought prevention and control in the North Central provinces.
The document stated that recently, the Vietnam Agriculture Electronic Newspaper and some newspapers have reported on the prolonged heat wave that has been causing hardship for farmers in Nghe An and Thanh Hoa. In Nghe An, more than 8,000 hectares of rice are suffering from drought, of which nearly 2,000 hectares have dried up; in Thanh Hoa, 241/610 reservoirs are below the dead water level, of which many have run out of water, and about 7,500 hectares of rice are lacking water.
The Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries, branches and localities to focus on directing and urgently deploying response measures and supporting people in preventing and combating drought.
Nghe An proposes to support 3,500 billion VND to fight drought in the South - Hung - Nghi - Vinh city area
(Baonghean.vn) - At the conference to strengthen response to drought, water shortage, saltwater intrusion and natural disaster prevention in the North Central region on July 22, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu requested the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to propose to the Government to continue funding to support drought prevention.
