Mekong Delta region awaits floods
The Mekong Delta, the rice, seafood and fruit granary of the country, is facing landslides and sinking, as it no longer receives enough silt because of limited floodwaters. “We have been living here for several generations and we have never seen such poor floodwaters until the last year,” said Nguyen Van Ut, 70, in Tan Hong district of Dong Thap province. According to Ut, as floods do not come, locals cannot breed fish and shrimp, or grow vegetables. Nguyen Ba Hung, 38, in An Phu district of An Giang province, said it was a surprise that floods had not come, though it is August. According to the Southern Meteorological Station, the water level is now very low at the Cuu Long riverhead. On Tien River, the highest water level is 1.36 meters only measured in Tan Chau, while on Hau River, the figure is 1.2 meters, which is 40-50 cm lower than the same period last year.
