The largest vegetable growing area in Vinh city is submerged in water.
(Baonghean.vn) - Continuous heavy rain has caused the vegetable growing area of Hung Dong commune, the largest in Vinh city, to be severely flooded, and many vegetable growing areas were completely damaged.
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| Hung Dong Commune is the locality with the largest vegetable area in Vinh City, planted in large fields in Vinh Xuan and My Hau hamlets. This place supplies a large amount of green vegetables to Vinh City residents every day. However, after heavy rain from the night of September 8 to the morning of September 9, the 12-hectare vegetable area was submerged in water. By noon on September 9, the water was still receding slowly. Photo: QA |
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| Ms. Nguyen Thi Van in Hung Dong commune said: "My family has 3 sao of sweet mustard greens and mustard greens that were completely damaged even though they were just sown not long ago. Although yesterday I also went out to open the drainage channels and dredge the water, the rain was too heavy, the water could not drain in time, so the entire field was still flooded." In the photo: Many vegetable beds were completely damaged due to being soaked in water for too long and slow drainage. Photo: QA |
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| According to statistics from the People's Committee of Hung Dong commune, the whole commune has more than 12 hectares of vegetables submerged in water, making it very difficult to recover. Photo: QA |
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| Some of the water has receded, but the vegetables have been crushed. Because this is an important vegetable supply area in Vinh City, with a large area of vegetables being heavily flooded and rotten, it is expected that the supply of vegetables in the city will decrease. Photo: QA |
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| In addition, water also flooded many roads and dozens of households in Vinh Xuan and My Hau hamlets. Photo: QA |
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| Mr. Tran Anh Tan - Chairman of Hung Dong Commune People's Committee said: "From early morning, the locality has assigned forces to inspect the people's crop fields. After assessing the flooding situation, the commune mobilized excavators to clear the flow in the most deeply flooded areas. At the same time, widely announced on the loudspeaker to mobilize people when the weather cleared up to quickly harvest the young vegetable beds to minimize damage". In the photo: Hung Dong Commune mobilized excavators to clear the flow and drain flooded vegetables for the people. Photo: QA |
