Dong Thap implements soft, "nature-friendly" solutions to respond to landslides
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The entire province is currently implementing 148 projects to address riverbank and canal erosion, with a total length of over 15.4 km and a total cost exceeding 2,318 billion VND. The Provincial People's Committee has directed investors to accelerate construction progress, striving for completion in 2026 to ensure early effectiveness in protecting residents and infrastructure, Mr. Nguyen Duc Thinh shared.
Proactively adapting to climate change in accordance with Conclusion No. 26-KL/TW dated April 24, 2026, of the Politburo on preventing and combating subsidence, landslides, flooding, drought, and saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta region during the 2026-2035 period, in addition to engineering solutions, Dong Thap province is focusing on implementing soft, "nature-friendly" solutions to respond to landslides and subsidence.
Specifically, the province is focusing on implementing a program to resettle residents in areas prone to natural disasters, border regions, areas with spontaneous migration, and special-use forests, striving to provide stable housing for approximately 6,224 households by 2030. Currently, the locality is accelerating the progress of three concentrated residential area projects to resettle households in landslide-prone, disaster-prone, and spontaneously migrating areas, helping them to stabilize their lives.
In addition, the province is promoting "nature-friendly" solutions such as restoring vegetation along rivers and canals through "green embankments" by planting tree species with strong root systems like mangroves, nipa palms, and coconut palms to retain soil and reduce erosion naturally and sustainably. At the same time, it is focusing on protecting and developing protective forests and coastal mangrove forests; strengthening control over sand and gravel mining activities in riverbeds and coastal areas; preventing illegal sand and gravel mining, especially in areas warned of landslide risk; and supporting livelihoods for resettled people.
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