The municipal people’s committee on September 6 held a meeting on the issue.  

An erosion happens at Thoi Loi area, Can Tho in May this year

A representative from the city’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said that the plan would see 9,353 households with a total number of 37,306 people in areas affected by erosion relocated to safer areas. 

Around 5,309 households are expected to be moved by 2020.

The city has also planned to build nine dykes worth a combined investment capital of VND2.441 trillion (USD110.95 million) to protect rivers and canals.

According to the Can Tho Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, roughly 2,600 local households with 18,400 people in total are located in areas at very high risk of erosion.

Nguyen Ngoc He, director of the department, said that between 2010 and 2017, 153 incidents of erosion had occurred in Can Tho, leaving four dead and five injured. The incidents also damaged 53 houses costing an estimated VND20 billion.

In the first eight months of this year, erosion was blamed for VND33.6 billion in losses for the city.