The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development recently asked concerned agencies and localities to tighten the management of dyke maintenance and flood prevention for the coming rainy season.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) today submitted to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc a report on water release by the Ho Ho hydropower plant.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Leaders of HCM City consulted international experts about flood-prevention solutions during a meeting chaired by the city's Party Committee Secretary Le Thanh Hai yesterday, Sept 30.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has required the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and HCM City's People's Committee to submit in June reports on the implementation of flood prevention activities in the city. 

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Many reservoirs in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh have failed to meet the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's standards on flood prevention, raising concerns about the flood season.