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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.

Country/Territory
Viet Nam
Document type
Regulation
Date
1999
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Công Báo No. 28, 31 July, 1999, pp. 8-10.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Flood Drainage/land reclamation Waterworks Policy/planning Priorities Recycling/reuse
Geographical area
Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia
Basin
Mekong
Abstract

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 and transportation, to construct drainage canals, etc. The Plan shall be managed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

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