Irrigation Water Supply for 70% of Dry Crops, Increasing Frequency to Ensure Irrigation of Vegetables, Fruit Trees, and Agricultural Plants by 2030?
Planning for Disaster Prevention and Water Resources for the Period 2021-2030, Vision to 2050?
Recently, on July 14, 2023, the Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam issued Decision 847/QD-TTg of 2023 approving the Planning for Disaster Prevention and Water Resources for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050.
According to Decision 847/QD-TTg of 2023, the scope of planning for disaster prevention and water resources includes:
The entire land area and certain densely populated islands with important positions in national defense and security (Van Don, Cat Ba, Bach Long Vy, Phu Quy, Ly Son, Phu Quoc, Con Dao), according to socio-economic development regions and river basins. Specifically:
- The Northern Midlands and Mountainous Region: includes 14 provinces belonging to the upper and middle Red River - Thai Binh, Bang Giang - Ky Cung river basins, and a part of the upper Ma river basin.
- The Red River Delta: includes 11 provinces and cities belonging to the lower Red River - Thai Binh river basin and independent coastal rivers of Quang Ninh.
- The North and South Central Coast: includes 14 provinces and cities belonging to the Ma, Ca, Huong, Vu Gia - Thu Bon, Tra Khuc, Kon - Ha Thanh river basins, and coastal rivers from Quang Binh to Binh Thuan, a part of the lower Ba river basin, and the Dong Nai river basin. Divided into 02 sub-regions: North Central Coast and South Central Coast.
- The Central Highlands: includes 5 provinces belonging to the Se San, Srepok river basins, a part of the upper Ba river basin, and a part of the upper Dong Nai river basin.
- The Southeastern Region: includes 6 provinces and cities mainly belonging to the Dong Nai, Sai Gon river basins, the Ray river basin, and surrounding areas.
- The Mekong Delta: includes 13 provinces and cities mostly belonging to the Mekong river basin and a part of the Dong Nai river basin.
- The islands: Van Don, Cat Ba, Bach Long Vy, Phu Quy, Ly Son, Phu Quoc, Con Dao. The Spratly and Paracel archipelagos and other small islands will be studied for implementation in technical specialized plans and provincial plans.
Watering enough for 70% of the dry crop area, ensuring irrigation for vegetables, fruit trees, and agricultural crops by 2030
Watering enough for 70% of the dry crop area, ensuring irrigation for vegetables, fruit trees, and agricultural crops by 2030?
Based on subsection b, Section 2, Objective II of Decision 847/QD-TTg of 2023, the specific objectives for water supply by 2030 are as follows:
- Ensure adequate water supply for domestic use; provide and create water sources for rural, urban, industrial, and economic zones; meet water demand for coastal economic activities and densely populated islands. Secure local water sources for domestic use in areas affected by drought, water scarcity, and saline intrusion; pay attention to regions with special difficulties regarding water sources, areas frequently affected by drought, saline intrusion, floods, and inundations. Proactively control saltwater and freshwater in river mouths and coastal areas.
- Actively irrigate for double-cropping rice areas with a frequency of 85%, especially in the Red River Delta with 85-90%; for areas with water and irrigation solutions difficulties (mountainous, border, coastal, islands) ensure 75-85%; combine water-saving irrigation solutions.
- Ensure water irrigation for 70% of dry crop areas, gradually increasing the frequency of irrigation for vegetables to 90%, fruit trees and perennial industrial crops to 90-95%. Ensure sufficient water supply for livestock and poultry with about 10.5 million heads. Proactively supply and drain water for 1.35 million hectares of intensive aquaculture.
- Supplement water sources in polluted rivers, canals, and irrigation systems; contribute to environmental improvement and ensure water quality meets the water usage demands.
What is included in the flood prevention and inundation plan?
Based on subsection g, Section 1, Objective III of Decision 847/QD-TTg of 2023, guidelines on the development of flood prevention infrastructure and other types of disaster prevention include:
- Construct, reinforce, and upgrade dike systems according to design standards, in line with the dike planning, flood prevention planning of river sections with dikes, and provincial planning.
Construct regulating structures at river confluences, major river mouths, and complicated erosion sections; dredge and improve channels, and enhance river, coastal, and sea embankments to increase flood discharge capacity; construct protective structures against erosion and landslides.
- Construct and reinforce flood and inundation prevention structures to protect cities according to assurance levels, especially large cities.
- Study appropriate protection frequency regulations for medium and small rivers and streams, upper catchment areas of river basins.
Control the construction of structures across rivers, streams, and floods zones to ensure flood discharge openings; strictly manage the usage of riverbanks, construction of infrastructure, sand exploitation in rivers, and address encroachments into riverbeds and banks to ensure flood storage and discharge spaces... Address structures that encroach drainage channels and ensure adequate drainage openings.
- Develop and implement natural disaster risk management solutions; scenarios, and proactive response plans to adapt to extreme situations, ensuring the safety of people; gradually relocate residents in unsafe areas along rivers, streams, coasts, frequently flooded areas, and high-risk areas prone to landslides and flash floods; research and build warning systems and flood and landslide prevention structures in high-risk areas.
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