Mekong Delta expects higher floods this season
HCM CITY – The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta is entering its annual flooding season and many rice farmers in upstream provinces have opened their field sluices to let the floodwaters and aquatic creatures in.
The floods are caused by the rising level of the Mekong River during the rainy season, and they bring sediments and fish and other creatures.
The country’s rice granary is expected to have higher levels of floodwaters this year compared to the last two because the forecast is for plenty of rain.
In the upstream provinces of An Giang and Đồng Tháp, where the first floodwaters enter the delta from Cambodia, the floods have started.
Farmers in An Giang’s An Phú District have begun to catch aquatic species in their fields and rivers and canals.
Nguyễn Văn Hiền in the district’s Vĩnh Hội Đông Commune said in recent years flooding had been minimal and late and receded quickly, and so there were few fishes.
Viet Nam News
