Mekong Delta flooding higher than normal this year

An Giang Province closes the Tra Su Sluice to block flooding, helping downstream farmers complete harvest of their summer-autumn rice and begin sowing the autumn-winter crop on schedule. - Photo: VNA/VNS

MEKONG DELTA, (Vietnam): Floodwater levels in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are high and will continue to rise this month, especially in upstream areas, according to the hydraulic works management and construction department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

The delta, the country’s largest rice, fruit and seafood producer, has an annual flooding season when rains swell the Mekong River.