The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long has devised a number of measures for the development of a comprehensive irrigation system, according to the provincial Department of Agricultural and Rural Development.

This year alone, it has set aside some VND 254 billion (USD 11.87 million) in the construction of and upgrades to 234 irrigation projects across the province with priority given to building flood-proof embankments in Bac Mang Thit district and expanding irrigation canals.

Irrigation system in Vinh Long. Photo: vinhlong.gov.vn

Other focuses have been on projects to upgrade irrigation systems serving large-scale fields in Tam Binh district, embankments surrounding orchards and aquaculture farms in Quoi Thien commune in Vung Liem district, Hoa Ninh and Binh Hoa Phuoc communes in Long Ho district and embankments protecting Binh Tan district’s crops to the north of National Road 1A.

So far this year, 156 irrigation works worth a total of VND 64.3 billion (more than USD 3 million) have been completed, supplying water to 91 percent of the province’s agricultural land.

As many as 15 out of 22 communes have met the irrigation criteria in the new rural area building program.

During the rest of the year, the sector targets to accelerate the implementation and operation of sewage and dam systems in the modern rural Thanh Binh commune and irrigation works for large-scale fields in Tan An Luong commune, Vung Liem district, among others, to meet the requirements of local agricultural production restructuring.

Additionally, under the local irrigation system restructuring plan from 2014-2020, nearly VND nine trillion (USD 420.56 million) has been allocated for developing rural areas.

The locality has also mobilized different resources to facilitate the construction, operation and management of local irrigation systems.

Source: VNA