Heavy rains damage rice crop in Vietnam's Mekong Delta

Many rice fields in Soc Trang Province’s My Tu District have been flattened and inundated by prolonged heavy rains. - Photo: VNA/VNS

HCM CITY: Farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are having difficulty harvesting their early summer-autumn rice and protect young rice plants since heavy rains have inundated many fields.

The country’s rice granary has been hit by prolonged heavy rains in recent days brought by a tropical depression.