PM directs landslide prevention in Mekong Delta
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung inspected a coastal dyke in Tan Thanh commune, Go Cong Dong district, one of the landslide hotspots in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, on September 27.
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| Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc inspects coastal dyke in Tien Giang |
As the Mekong Delta is the hardest hit by climate change, he affirmed that the Party and State will do their best to support regional development, and highlighted the need to apply modern technology to deal with landslide more effectively, restrict the exploitation of sand on rivers, and make proper residential planning.
The leader assigned the Ministry of Science and Technology to work with ministries and agencies to study landslide prevention in the Mekong Delta with specific and effective measures.
He said the Government would ask the legislature to allocate nearly 3 trillion VND (130.4 million USD) for the effort during 2019-2020, adding that it will earmark 1 trillion VND and other official development assistance to ensure the safety and lives of Mekong Delta people.
The PM also urged localities to effectively use the sum to help the Mekong Delta overcome the consequences of natural disasters. The ministries of planning and investment, agriculture and rural development, agencies and localities must also join the effort.
On the Trung Luong – My Thuan expressway project, he lauded units concerned for completing 27 percent of the work and asked them to finish the construction on April 30, 2020 as scheduled.
On the occasion, the PM also required launching the construction of My Thuan 2 Bridge in March 2020.
Recently, he agreed to allocate over 3.1 trillion VND for the two projects.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development was asked to soon hold a conference on winter-spring crop production and deal with the shortage of fresh water in the region in the context of drought and saline intrusion this year.
Over the past decade, more than 16 trillion VND from the State budget has been used for building works against landslides. In 2018 alone, the PM allowed the spending of 1.5 trillion VND on 29 landslide resistance projects in riverside and coastal areas in 13 regional cities and provinces.
