Ninh Thuan faces severe drought

A delegation from the Directorate of Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development are inspecting water sources and developing a water use plan for 2018 and Winter-Spring crop 2018-2019.

The water level in twenty-one reservoirs in the province of Ninh Thuan is only ¼ of design capacity. Don Duong River, the water source for domestic and production activities for Ninh Thuan province, has been at the lowest level in many years, with a useful capacity of only 3 million m3.

The Department of Irrigation requested the local authorities and the agricultural sector of Ninh Thuan province to review the water volume in the reservoirs and to develop a proper irrigation scheme. The use of water must be very economical in priorities for people, cattle, and crops.