Riverbanks

Riverbank erosion in Sóc Trăng Province’s Cù Lao Dung District. – VNA/VNS Photo Chanh Đa SÓC TRĂNG – The Sóc Trăng Province People’s Committee has declared an erosion emergency on the Hậu River, a tributary of the Mekong, in Cù Lao Dung District. There are more than 30 eroded areas with a total length of 2,450m along both banks in An Thạnh Đông and Đại Ân 1 communes. There are 300 households, 30ha of aquaculture and 400ha of vegetable and fruit farms close to the eroded areas. If the problem is not fixed promptly, they will have a large impact on the lives of locals, according to the district People’s Committee. The committee and the province's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development are responsible for installing warning boards at dangerously eroded areas, it said. Local authorities have been told to apprise households in eroded areas whose houses are in danger of subsiding or sliding into the river to move to safer areas. They will mobilise … [Read more...] about Sóc Trăng declares riverbank erosion emergency

Deputy Prime Minister Lê Văn Thành (centre) chairs the conference on Monday morning. — VNA/VNS Photo Lâm Khánh HÀ NỘI — A total of 108 people were killed due to natural disasters in Việt Nam last year, and caused economic losses of up to VNĐ5.2 trillion (US$226 million). The low losses sustained last year was thanks to the drastic direction of the Government and localities as well as the participation of the community and businesses to minimise the impact of natural disasters, said Lê Minh Hoan, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development at a national conference on disaster prevention, search and rescue at the Government headquarters on Monday morning. The conference, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Lê Văn Thành, head of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, was connected to the People's Committee of 63 provinces and cities across the country with more than 19,000 participants. Hoan said the number of deaths due to natural disasters in … [Read more...] about After killing 108 in 2021, natural disasters remain unpredictable this year

Farming households on the bank of the Hồng (Red) River near the historic Long Biên Bridge. Hà Nội is carrying out a riverside development planning to transform and modernise these riverside areas. VNA/VNS Photo Trung Nguyên HÀ NỘI ­— After the Hà Nội authority announced the master plan for the Hồng (Red) River, many people living in the area outside the dyke were pleased because the existing residential area on the riverbank was on a list for reconstruction and improvements. However, some people living in a number of the ancient villages along the dyke became anxious they would be relocated. According to the Red River sub-division planning, existing residential areas that will be kept and protected include Chu Phan - Tráng Việt, Tàm Xá - Xuân Canh, Nhật Tân – Tứ Liên, Hoàng Mai, Thanh Trì 1, Thanh Trì 2, Đông Dư – Bát Tràng, Kim Lan – Văn Đức, and some areas of Tây Hồ, Hoàn Kiếm, Ba Đình and Hai Bà Trưng districts, with the exception of some areas of narrow riverbed with a … [Read more...] about Relocation policy needed for displaced people on Red River