Official Dispatch No. 721/UBND-VP3 of Nam Dinh Provincial People's Committee dated July 19, 2024, sent to the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; People's Committees of districts, cities and single-member limited liability companies operating irrigation projects are required to focus on preventing waterlogging and overcoming rice production in the 2024 season.
The official dispatch stated that, according to a report from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the province was recently affected by heavy rain from July 14 to 18, coinciding with high tide and flood discharge from hydroelectric reservoirs. Therefore, drainage is very difficult, causing flooding and the risk of causing serious damage to the rice crops.
It is estimated that the whole province has about 35,000 hectares of rice (50% of the area) that must be replanted and pruned, concentrated in the districts of Hai Hau, Y Yen, Nghia Hung, Nam Truc, and Truc Ninh.
The People's Committee of Nam Dinh province requested the People's Committees of districts and cities, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the province, relevant departments and branches to focus on quickly overcoming the consequences of the flood, limiting damage to production. 2024 crop.
For the People's Committees of districts and cities to direct communes and towns to urgently use all measures to drain floods and save rice. Organize inspection, assessment, and classification of rice and crop damage levels in each region and each field to take timely and appropriate remedial and care measures; Absolutely do not leave fields fallow.
As Lao Dong previously reported, recorded by Lao Dong Newspaper reporter on July 18 and 19, in Nam Dinh province, due to heavy rain lasting many days, many rice areas were flooded on a large scale, at risk of being damaged. Root rot. Faced with the above situation, people whose summer rice areas were flooded used many ways to save the rice crop but it was not feasible.
