Vietnam’s Mekong Delta faces most serious drought, salinization in 90 years.
Contents of a new: Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is facing the most severe drought and salinization in nearly a century, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, as reported by Tuoi Tre News. The serious conditions have occurred only once in the last 90 years, the ministry said at the conference in Can Tho City on Wednesday. Prompt and assertive measures must be applied in order to prevent the heavy damage brought about by drought and salinization in order to ensure the lives and production of local citizens, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc remarked at the meeting.The deputy premier ordered authorities to prioritize a financial support plan for the localities in the delta for speedy approval by the prime minister.