Decision No. 144/1999/QD-TTg ratifying the plan on the flood control and use of flood water in the Mekong River Delta Area for the period from now to the year 2010.

This Decision of the Prime Minister ratifies the Plan on Control and Use of Flood Water in the Mekong River Delta Area. It also specifies the targets of the Plan and indicates solutions for flood control. Targets of the Plan are specified for shallow-submerged areas and deeply-submerged areas. Targets include better drainage, reduce flooding of crop, create conditions for mechanisation of agriculture, etc. The Decision propose to construct dams, to invest in integrated waterworks of irrigation a