Irrigation planning must serve multiple purposes and ensure water security.

Online bridge point in Vinh Long province.

The Deputy Prime Minister requested ministries, sectors and localities to ensure unity and synchronization between the implementation of planning and strategies for irrigation development, natural disaster prevention, and socio-economic development strategies of each sector and locality; irrigation planning must serve multiple purposes, ensuring water security; it is necessary to identify and prioritize urgent issues of irrigation works in the Mekong Delta; irrigation planning needs to be invested synchronously, closedly and effectively; strengthen solutions to protect water resources, prevent degradation, depletion and pollution of water sources...

At the meeting, delegates discussed the implementation of planning and policies, coordination between ministries, sectors and localities in water resources management, and implementation of non-structural solutions...

The Red-Thai Binh River Basin Irrigation Planning for the 2022-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, was established with the goal of researching and proposing irrigation development solutions to exploit, comprehensively use and sustainably develop water resources, taking into account the impacts of climate change and upstream development...

The Mekong River Basin Irrigation Planning aims to proactively regulate water resources for water supply, drainage and sewerage for agricultural production, creating a sustainable water supply for people and economic sectors; meeting the requirements of flexible production model conversion; enhancing the capacity to proactively prevent and combat natural disasters, being ready to respond to the most adverse situations; meeting the requirements of serving sustainable socio-economic development, protecting the environment; responding to climate change, contributing to ensuring water security, maintaining national defense and security.

News and photos: THAO LY

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