HANOI, July 15 - Drought caused by a hot spell over the past month has hurt rice fields in central Vietnam, with nearly 100,000 hectares (247,100 acres) destroyed or partly destroyed, a state-run newspaper reported on Thursday.
The hot weather hit northern and central provinces from early June. On June 16 state forecasters said the temperature in Hanoi reached an average 34.6 Celcius (94.3 Fahrenheit), the highest since 1961, leading to a surge in demand for electricity and widespread power cuts.
No rain was reported in four provinces in the past month, and the water level in rivers and reservoirs has fallen to the lowest level ever, the Vietnam News daily said, quoting an Agriculture Ministry reports.
A total of 25,000 hectares of rice was ruined and yields on another 70,000 hectares will drop sharply, the report said, giving no forecast for output losses.
"The risk of crop losses due to the widespread drought is very high," the government said in a statement this month, urging central provinces to save water and ensure irrigation for rice fields.
The central region is not Vietnam's main rice area, which lies to the south in the Mekong Delta, but any disruption to production could trigger price rises as paddy from southern fields is moved north because of food shortages.
The country saw a bumper harvest of the highest-yielding winter-spring rice crop, with output of unmilled rice rising 2.6 percent from last year to 19.2 million tonnes, government figures show.
Prices have already started edging up as export firms have begun to stockpile 1 million tonnes of summer-autumn rice under a scheme running for two months until Sept. 15.
Vietnam aims to export 2.9 million tonnes of rice in the July-December period, bringing annual shipments to between 6 million and 6.2 million tonnes, a Vietnam Food Association report said.
The hot weather hit northern and central provinces from early June. On June 16 state forecasters said the temperature in Hanoi reached an average 34.6 Celcius (94.3 Fahrenheit), the highest since 1961, leading to a surge in demand for electricity and widespread power cuts.
No rain was reported in four provinces in the past month, and the water level in rivers and reservoirs has fallen to the lowest level ever, the Vietnam News daily said, quoting an Agriculture Ministry reports.
A total of 25,000 hectares of rice was ruined and yields on another 70,000 hectares will drop sharply, the report said, giving no forecast for output losses.
"The risk of crop losses due to the widespread drought is very high," the government said in a statement this month, urging central provinces to save water and ensure irrigation for rice fields.
The central region is not Vietnam's main rice area, which lies to the south in the Mekong Delta, but any disruption to production could trigger price rises as paddy from southern fields is moved north because of food shortages.
The country saw a bumper harvest of the highest-yielding winter-spring rice crop, with output of unmilled rice rising 2.6 percent from last year to 19.2 million tonnes, government figures show.
Prices have already started edging up as export firms have begun to stockpile 1 million tonnes of summer-autumn rice under a scheme running for two months until Sept. 15.
Vietnam aims to export 2.9 million tonnes of rice in the July-December period, bringing annual shipments to between 6 million and 6.2 million tonnes, a Vietnam Food Association report said.
10 comments:
Thanks god now Vietnam is fully benefited from years of illegal logging of Cambodia & Lao forests...cool
Dr KR/VC Hun Sen said climate change does not occur due to his miss management of Cambodia's forest or what is left of the bold bare land. He will now focus on stopping illegal logging as there are no hardwood trees left in Cambodia to cut down.
Vietname cant produce it rice crop will usually lead to subotage of Cambodia rice procedure...keep an eye on this prediction in the markets.
That the good news hoping the drought will vanish the VietCong idiots people out from SEA.
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This is not the good news because they will come and rob rice from our Khmer people under Hun Xen's one naked eyes. The worse will be more Vietnamese immigrants to Cambodia to come and settle indefinitely and become Sok, Sao, Men, Mao...
What are we going to do when Hun Sen is their puppet.
So drought hits your ancestors home, huh?
ancestor's home that youn stole from us, so it's ok for youn to suffer for stealing from khmer, ok!
Don't worry. We will just take the rice from the Khmer Krom. If they starve, the KK women can sell their bodies.
Yuons are bad creatures who will hurt anyone around to live their despicable life. Their expantionism spreads like unchallenged wildfire. In the end the Viet will shrink to their origin called DiViet in the northern land next to China.
I meant to write: Their expansionism...
Don't rejoice over your enemy's misfortune-God may relent and disappointing you.
Usually 40 yrs is the duration of God's judgment on a nation. How long has Hun Sen been in ruler ship? Must be close to 40 yrs. You see, God rules over the affairs of men. It may be after 40 yrs is up with Hun Sen, things will change. And God may start to deal with Thai & Vietnam in proportion to how they been troubling the Khmer people in the past to present. His ways is beyond searching out. Most of us would like to see that happen. It could. I'm not saying he will... Unless people cry out to him for mercy.
Ah norok 4:36am. Pouch ah chor maray. Ah Chop kok ma ah yos.
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