Mekong Delta braces for dry season with water storage arrangements

By Hoang Nam

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Tien, 35, says: "Droughts could come early in future, according to forecasts. So I hired workers to build four more tanks."

Each cost him around VND1.5 million, or twice as much as plastic ones.

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"The previous drought lasted too long. My family of six and our five cows had to endure thirst though we had dozens of cement tanks to store rainwater," he says.

To supply water to around 200,000 people in 24 communes and towns, a lake was dug in Ba Tri District late last year at a cost of VND85 billion. Kenh Lap measures five kilometers by 100 meters.

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Authorities have also been reinforcing eroded locations around it. Vegetation in its surrounding areas is returning to its usual shade of green four months after the last dry season ended.

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