Tien Giang spends big to reinforce Go Cong sea dike
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang will allocate more than 32 billion VND (1.4 million USD) to reinforce the Go Cong sea dike to protect coastal agricultural land and residential areas in 2017.
A section of Go Cong sea dike under reinforcement (Source: VNA)
Tien Giang (VNA) - The Mekong Deltaprovince of Tien Giang will allocate more than 32 billion VND (1.4 million USD)to reinforce the Go Cong sea dike to protect coastal agricultural land andresidential areas in 2017.
The 831 metre-long section in Tan Dien commune,Go Cong Dong district is vulnerable to erosion, said Nguyen Thien Phap, head ofthe water resource management and flood and stormprevention division under the provincial Department of Agriculture andRural Development.
Since 2006, sea water has invaded more than 500hectares of land. Many sea dikes have been moved further inland.
The province has undertaken numerous measures toprotect the dike, including construction to reinforce it and plantingprotection forests, according to Phap.
Since 1999, Tien Giang has invested more than240 billion VND (10.56 million USD) in constructing and reinforcing more than6,000 metres of dikes.
From 2018 – 2020, Tien Giang needs to reinforce3,340 more metres of dikes, including 1,460 metres in 2018 to protect the GoCong sea dike from sea encroachment.
The Go Cong sea dike is more than 21,000 metreslong, protecting some 28,000 hectares of cultivation land in the coastaldistricts of Go Cong Dong, Go Cong Tay, Go Cong town and Cho Gao.-VNA
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A section of Go Cong sea dike under reinforcement (Source: VNA) 
