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Currently, water level in the Northern region’s small- large sized hydroelectric reservoirs is at 60 percent of the designed capacity. According to Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), the volume of water shortage this year could climb up to seven billion cubic meters compared to last year. It will be 15- 45 percent lower than the average of many years, even the Hoa Binh Hydropower Reservoir is suffering the lowest water level in the past 30 years since it was put into the operation. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep said that the current water shortage in the Northern region happened just once every 30 years. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, localities in the Red River Delta are expected to take fresh water from the Red River to irrigation ditches and canals to cultivate the winter-spring crop of 2019-2020. Although water shortage for electricity generation, irrigation water for farming must be ensured. … [Read more...] about Dry season in 2020 to be more severe, extensive than usual

BÌNH ĐỊNH — The People’s Committee of Quy Nhơn City, central coastal Bình Định Province asked Thanh Huy Ltd Company to pay for repairs for a river embankment in Thị Nại Ward. … [Read more...] about Construction company has to pay for embankment collapse

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam and Thailand held the seventh political consultation under the chair of Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung and Permanent Secretary of the Thai Foreign Ministry Busaya Mathelin in Hanoi on January 20. The two sides shared the view that the friendship and enhanced strategic partnership between Vietnam and Thailand have attained strong and substantive strides. In 2019, their high-level leaders continued to exchange visits, including an official trip to Thailand and the attendance in the 40th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) there by National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan in August. They also frequently met each other at multilateral forums, especially on the sidelines of the ASEAN summits hosted by Thailand. Cooperation mechanisms have continued proving effective, the officials said, noting that the countries successfully organised the third meeting of the joint committee on bilateral cooperation in … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Thailand hold 7th political consultation in Hanoi

Two new exhibitions: ‘Singing to the Choir?’, a group exhibition by Phan Anh, Tran Minh Duc, and Ngoc Nau; along with ‘Silent Intimacy’, a solo exhibition by Dang Thuy Anh. VND50,000/ adult; VND40,000/student (with appropriate student ID) … [Read more...] about Entertainment events in Hanoi & HCM City on January 20-26

Bangkok (VNA) - The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) is speeding up the building of 421 Kaem Ling projects -- water reservoir projects initiated by His Majesty King Rama IX -- as water catchment areas over 1.2 million rai. The reservoirs will be capable of storing 942 million cubic metres of water, the Nation newspaper quoted Agricultural Minister Chalermchai Sri-on as saying. In fiscal budget 2020, the project will increase another 176,968 rai for irrigation and 199.54 million cubic metres for water retention. Due to the high fluctuations in rainwater, which affects the volume of runoff and water in the reservoir, especially in 2019, the Chao Phraya River Basin does not have enough water to meet demands. Excess water usage caused by the saltwater encroachment problem have affected the ecology and water quality of consumers and agriculture. The RID has to divert 850 million cubic metres of water from the Mae Klong River Basin to the lower Chao Phraya River Basin during the dry … [Read more...] about Thailand speeds up construction of reservoirs