Vietnam's Mekong Delta braces for this year's saltwater intrusion
Authorities and residents have carried out necessary preparations to cope with high salinity and freshwater shortage
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Authorities and residents have carried out necessary preparations to cope with high salinity and freshwater shortage
Mekong Delta braces for drought, salt intrusion By Hoang Nam  March 14, 2021 | 08:00 am GMT+7 Learning it the hard way from last year's drought and salinity, Mekong Delta farmers have been preparing their crops for the worst. Early March, Huynh Huu Loc, 62, comes to check the water level in canals around his family’s durian farm, which stretches 1,000 hectares (2,470 acres) on the islet of Ngu Hiep in the eponymous commune of Cai Lay District, Tien Giang Province. Under the scorching sun of southern Vietnam’s dry season, the canals of two meter wide each are filled with water of on...