PM calls for immediate and long-term solutions to cope with serious landslide in Mekong Delta
VGP - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked for launching immediate and long-term solutions to cope with serious landslide situation in the Mekong Delta while making a field trip to inspect landslide sites in the Mekong Delta provinces of Ca Mau, Soc Trang and Bac Lieu on August 11.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh makes a field trip to landslide sites in the Mekong Delta provinces of Ca Mau, Soc Trang and Bac Lieu, August 11, 2023 - Photo: VGP
He was accompanied by Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Quoc Khanh, Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat, among others.
At a working session with leaders of these localities held on the same day, Pham ordered localities to stabilize daily activities of households in landslide areas and ensure safety for them and major infrastructure facilities as well as evacuate households in the areas prone to landslides to safer places.
During 2011-2021 period, 5,250 hectares of protective forests and land in Ca Mau were washed away, while 425 among 8,118 kilometers of riverbanks eroded or at risk of erosion. Particularly, 120-kilometer-long shoreline of Ca Mau province is being affected by severe erosion.
River erosion has destroyed 28 kilometers of traffic roads and hundreds of houses, affecting an area of more than 3,700 hectares.
Around 89 kilometers of coast has suffered from erosion, of which 31 kilometers have been eroded at the dangerous level.
To address the challenges, the locality has built 55.7 kilometers of coastal protection embankment, with a total cost of VND 1,720 billion (US$72.3 million).
Currently, Ca Mau has worked together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to construct 42.2 kilometers of embankment, with a total investment of VND1,785 billion (US$75.12 million) to prevent erosion.
Since 2016, the Government has provided VND11,453 billion (US$482 million) for localities in the Mekong Delta to cope with landslide locations directly affected and threatened people's lives and properties.
From 2015, a total amount of VND1,931 billion (US$81.27 million) have been spent for planting and restoring total area of 10,042 hectares of mangrove forests./.
