TIẾNG VIỆT Mekong Delta farmers suffer double whammy of drought and coronavirus
Bich Phuong
Tuesday | 03/03/2020 15:11
A farmer in Soc Trang Province in Vietnam's Mekong Delta waters his watermelon field from a trough he has installed with pieces of canvas, February 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Cuu Long.
Vietnamese farmers in Mekong Delta are being hit not once but twice by the spreading coronavirus and the historic salt intrusion since China's dams are worsening drought conditions downstream.
With farm produces piled-up amid coronavirus fears, Vietnamese farmers in the region are struggling to have water to save their farm as most of rivers, canals are drying up.
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| A drainage to provide water for a paddy field in Long Phu District of Soc Trang Province in the Mekong Delta runs dry on January 22, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Huy Phong. |
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| A canal in Cho Gao district in Tien Giang district has no water. Photo: Huu Chi |
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| China releases water from its hydropower dams on the Mekong River, but it does not reach the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. Photo: Huu Chi. |
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| A farmer in Long Phu District in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang holds rice plants that have all died because of drought, January 22, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Huy Phong. |
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| A parched paddy field in Long Duc Commune in Soc Trang Province’s Long Phu District, February 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Cuu Long. |
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