With a total cost of more than 5.9 trillion VND (256.22 million USD),
the Tan My irrigation system consists of five dams on Song Cai Lake
and is designed to provide water directly to 7,480 ha of arable land.
(Photo: VNA)
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong asked relevant
units to perform the task as best as possible from this year in order to fight
drought.
The project will also become a tourist site, he suggested, asking Ninh Thuan to
adopt innovations to optimise the project to serve socio-economic development in
the locality and the region at large.
He said the project will be an effective, multi-dimensional irrigation
management model in the face of climate change.
With a total cost of more than 5.9 trillion VND (256.22 million USD), the Tan My
irrigation system consists of five dams on Song Cai Lake and is designed to
provide water directly to 7,480 ha of arable land and provide water to another
system that covers an additional 12,800 ha.
It will also supply water to several lakes and create a reservoir for power
generation.
Ninh Thuan is often hit by natural disasters, especially drought, which have
seriously affected local residents as well as production and business in the
province over recent years.
Source: VNA