Due to heavy rain at the beginning of the season, causing sea levels to rise sharply, many winter-spring rice fields in Trieu Van commune, Trieu Phong district were affected by salinity, including dozens of hectares with rotten roots and gradually dying.
People in Trieu Van commune are worried as the winter-spring rice crop is gradually dying due to salt contamination - Photo: Dao Thien
In the 2023-2024 winter-spring crop, Mr. Ho The Thieu's family in Village 9, Trieu Van commune planted 5 sao of rice. The rice plants were growing well, but in late February, there was rain and the northeast wind caused the sea level to rise into the fields, so the salt water caused nearly 4/5 sao of the rice to rot and die.
Mr. Thieu shared: "I am old and cannot go to sea, so I only hope to grow 5 sao of winter-spring rice to generate income for my family. Now the salt water is killing the rice plants, so the harvest is lost and it is very difficult."
Every year, in addition to crops, Trieu Van commune cultivates nearly 150 hectares of winter-spring rice, with quality rice varieties such as HT1, HN6, Khang Dan... With appropriate production methods, even though the fields are white sand, the rice plants still grow well, with a yield of over 5 tons/ha.
However, in the past two years, rice plants have often been affected by salinity and died quite a lot. In the winter-spring crop of 2023-2024, due to heavy rain at the beginning of the season, causing sea levels to rise, rice plants in Trieu Van commune were severely affected by salinity. The People's Committee of Trieu Van commune said that currently, nearly 100 hectares of rice in the commune are affected by salinity, of which nearly 50 hectares have rotten roots and are gradually dying. The remaining areas are being pruned and replaced by people, but the survival rate is not high.
Mr. Hoang Van Do, an agricultural extension officer of Trieu Van commune, said: “In the face of the situation of many rice plants dying due to salinity, the commune People's Committee has mobilized people to convert the dead rice area to grow sweet potatoes and other crops. We also hope that the superiors will have solutions to support the commune in building a dike system to prevent salinity and retain fresh water in villages 7, 8, and 9 so that people can be proactive in production and gradually increase the value of crops grown on sand.”
The wishes of the government and people of Trieu Van commune are legitimate, because Trieu Van is a commune with many canals flowing into the sea, making it susceptible to saltwater intrusion during high tide.
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