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Directive No. 17/2000/CT-TTg on coping with flooding in the Mekong River Delta.

Country/Territory
Viet Nam
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Công Báo No. 39, 22 October 2000, pp. 6-7.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Hazards Flood Policy/planning Drainage/land reclamation
Geographical area
Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia
Basin
Mekong
Abstract

As a response to serious floods early this year which caused great damage to rice crops, this Directive of the Prime Minister instructs People's Committees of the Province in the area affected and ministries and centrally-run branches to take a series of measures to provide relief and to prevent further flooding. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall carry out a flood drainage project.

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