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. Full text English